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Seychelles

A NEAR MISS

Contrary to other international fund donors, the World Bank has always managed without great difficulty to get its loans repaid [...]

Subscribers only 31.10.1998

RUPEE ON THE SKIDS

The Seychelles' rupee has just been sharply devalued against the currencies of five industrialized countries (France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, [...]

Subscribers only 31.10.1998

NEW TELECOMS FIRM ON MAHE ISLAND

A company founded in 1996 and based in South Africa, [...]

Subscribers only 31.10.1998

PRIVATIZING A PUBLIC WORKS FIRM

A large part of shares in Civil Construction Company Ltd [...]

Subscribers only 24.10.1998

RENE FACES DOWN IMF

Head of state France Albert Rene tried this week to defend the austerity measures the government announced last month. His [...]

Subscribers only 03.10.1998

GOLD CARD POSTPONED

The Seychelles government has decided to postpone by ten months introduction of its proposed US$100 'head tax' on tourists next [...]

Subscribers only 26.09.1998

ABDULLAH BIN YUSSUF AL SHAIBANI

The Seychelles government moved in and confiscated the assets of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.09.1998

PRESIDENTIAL JEEP ATTACKED

A jeep used as an escort in the presidential motorcade was ambushed by unidentified armed persons on September 9 while [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.09.1998

Spotlight
ON THE FINANCIAL BRINK

Faced with a hovering financial disaster, the Seychelles government is desperately trying to refill State coffers from tax hikes without actually setting an example by administering public funds judiciously. After freezing import quotas and bumping Customs charges on new vehicle [.

Subscribers only 05.09.1998

IMF WARNINGS

The International Monetary Fund has recommended a series of tough financial measures for the Seychelles authorities which might get them [...]

Subscribers only 29.08.1998

GOLD CARD PLAN KNOCKED

The Seychelles' Tourism Trade Association (TTA) has come out against the government's proposed US$100 "head tax" on tourists next year [...]

Subscribers only 29.08.1998

OPPOSITION GETS A FACELIFT

United Opposition, which has been the Seychelles leading opposition force since the March general election, has now officially changed its [...]

Subscribers only 25.07.1998

DESALINATION PLANT IN MAHE

British company SATEC has been awarded the contract for seawater [...]

Subscribers only 25.07.1998

JUST SMILE AND PAY UP

The Seychelles government is to slap a US$100 tax on tourists arriving in the archipelago as from January next, and [...]

Subscribers only 18.07.1998

MUKESH VALABHJI

Speaking before Seychelles Marketing Board (SMB) employees, the state-owned company's [...]

Subscribers only 18.07.1998

FRENCH CHANG HIM

An Anglican churchman, Reverend French Chang Him, accused the Seychelles [...]

Subscribers only 11.07.1998

AIDS BLACKOUT

Dr. Dominique Bosquet, a French national with Seychellois nationality, has resigned as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for [...]

Subscribers only 04.07.1998

OPPOSITION'S PROBLEMS

Leader of the Opposition Reverend Wavel Ramkalawan has been informed he is under criminal investigation for holding an "illegal public [...]

Subscribers only 04.07.1998

JOINT COMMISSION SET BACK TO 1999

The Franco-Seychelles joint commission which was to have met in [...]

Subscribers only 04.07.1998

RAMKALAWAN AT THE FRONT

Opposition MPs demonstrated on June 23 to protest being marginalized in Parliament by representatives of the ruling party, Seychelles People's [...]

Subscribers only 27.06.1998

TAX BREAKS FOR MPS ONLY

In a letter dated May 29, Seychelles finance minister James Michel informed the Speaker of Parliament, Francis MacGregor, that in [...]

Subscribers only 20.06.1998

HOTELS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE

Seychelles Hotels Association has finally decided to ask the Seychelles [...]

Subscribers only 20.06.1998

BAD TIME FOR TOURISM

The 150-room Equator hotel, on Mahe Island's west coast, closed its doors on June 1 and the Seychellois tourism ministry [...]

Subscribers only 13.06.1998

CANNERY CAN'T

Conserveries de l'Océan Indien (Indian Ocean Tuna), a joint venture between US food giant Heinz Foods (60 percent) and the [...]

Subscribers only 06.06.1998

MURKY SHAREPUSHERS

Newly-formed Seychelles Telecom Ltd, which was recently granted an operating [...]

Subscribers only 30.05.1998

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The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

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Seychelles

A NEAR MISS

RUPEE ON THE SKIDS

NEW TELECOMS FIRM ON MAHE ISLAND

PRIVATIZING A PUBLIC WORKS FIRM

RENE FACES DOWN IMF

GOLD CARD POSTPONED

ABDULLAH BIN YUSSUF AL SHAIBANI

PRESIDENTIAL JEEP ATTACKED

Spotlight
ON THE FINANCIAL BRINK

IMF WARNINGS

GOLD CARD PLAN KNOCKED

OPPOSITION GETS A FACELIFT

DESALINATION PLANT IN MAHE

JUST SMILE AND PAY UP

MUKESH VALABHJI

FRENCH CHANG HIM

AIDS BLACKOUT

OPPOSITION'S PROBLEMS

JOINT COMMISSION SET BACK TO 1999

RAMKALAWAN AT THE FRONT

TAX BREAKS FOR MPS ONLY

HOTELS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE

BAD TIME FOR TOURISM

CANNERY CAN'T

MURKY SHAREPUSHERS

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Andry Rajoelina

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Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Seychelles

A NEAR MISS

RUPEE ON THE SKIDS

NEW TELECOMS FIRM ON MAHE ISLAND

PRIVATIZING A PUBLIC WORKS FIRM

RENE FACES DOWN IMF

GOLD CARD POSTPONED

ABDULLAH BIN YUSSUF AL SHAIBANI

PRESIDENTIAL JEEP ATTACKED

Spotlight ON THE FINANCIAL BRINK

IMF WARNINGS

GOLD CARD PLAN KNOCKED

OPPOSITION GETS A FACELIFT

DESALINATION PLANT IN MAHE

JUST SMILE AND PAY UP

MUKESH VALABHJI

FRENCH CHANG HIM

AIDS BLACKOUT

OPPOSITION'S PROBLEMS

JOINT COMMISSION SET BACK TO 1999

RAMKALAWAN AT THE FRONT

TAX BREAKS FOR MPS ONLY

HOTELS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE

BAD TIME FOR TOURISM

CANNERY CAN'T

MURKY SHAREPUSHERS

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Spotlight
ON THE FINANCIAL BRINK