Seychelles

DP DISSIDENTS GET ORGANIZED

Seychelles MP Christopher Gill, who was sidelined from the Democratic Party (opposition) headed by former president James Mancham, has set [...]

MORE IRREGULARITIES

The report of the auditor general, Emmanuel Green, on the management of public finances for the period 1990-1992, which was [...]

US EMBASSY TO CLOSE

The US state department this week decided to close nineteen [...]

GREY CURRENCY

The Seychelles national assembly last week heard finance minister James Michel explain the government's new measures to stiffen its shaky [...]

FRANCE ALBERT RENE

South African head of state Nelson Mandela has invited his [...]

CONSECRATION OF NEW BISHOP

Reverend Xavier Baronnet, a 68-year old French Jesuit priest, was Sunday consecrated the ninth bishop of The Seychelles at Victoria [...]

CHOLER OVER COLOURS

The choice of yet another set of national colours for The Seychelles has sparked an angry political controversy between the [...]

CENSORSHIP

The management of state-owned Seychelles Printing and Computer Company (SPACE), which prints almost all Seychelles publications and is slated for [...]

HONG KONG OUTFLOW

Hong Kong nationals have been the first to respond to a Seychelles government offer of residence permits on the archipelago, [...]

CHRISTIAN JOB

The cabinet director of former French cooperation minister Bernard Debré (since early 1995) has been appointed head of France's aid [...]

CHRISTOPHER GILL

The Democratic Party opposition MP has accused the party leader [...]

NORMAN WEBER

Last month's announcement that the Central Bank of Seychelles governor Aboo Aumeeruddy would be on medical leave until further notice [...]

FLOP FOR FMX BONDS

The mechanism of special bonds at lower interest rates than the commercial banks which the Seychelles Central Bank issued with [...]

According to the Seychellois publication Regar of April 21, representatives [...]

PAUL CHOW

Democratic Party (opposition) MP (and insurance broker) Paul Chow failed [...]

SPRING-CLEANING THE CENTRAL BANK

The governor of the Seychelles Central Bank (and adviser for economic affairs to head of state France Albert René) Aboo [...]

ENTERPRISE TO DRILL IN AUGUST

Enterprise Oil will start drilling in August on a permit south-east of Mahé it obtained in late 1987 and had [...]

IAN DOUGLAS WITHERS

The former special agent of South Africa's Bureau of State Security, Ian Douglas Withers (alias John Douglas) has opened a [...]

HENRI ALAIN D'OFFAY

The 52-year old Madagascar-born Franco-Seychellois Henri Alain D'Offay has taken up his new post in the Seychelles heading the Indian [...]