ARTICLES RELATING TO SEYCHELLES

Seychelles grants asylum to Ben Ali's kin

2013-04-16 13:02

The Seychelles have granted a year’s asylum to the so-in-law of Tunisia’s deposed dictator Zine el Abidine, officials say.

Motlanthe's holiday in the spotlight

2013-02-10 12:41
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Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe's island holiday to the Seychelles came at great cost to taxpayers, but government insists his travelling is above board.

Beni Ali's son-in-law seeks asylum

2013-02-06 21:13

The Seychelles says the son-in-law of Tunisia's deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has requested asylum in the Indian Ocean archipelago.

Missing Capetonian sailor: Charges withdrawn

2012-09-10 10:26

Charges have been withdrawn against an Austrian man who was arrested in Seychelles after a Cape Town yachtsmen went missing.

Zuma arrives for Madagascar crisis talks

2012-08-08 09:28

SA President Jacob Zuma has arrived in the Seychelles to help broker a deal in a second round of talks between Madagascar’s president and the man he ousted three years ago.

Madagascar rivals set to meet again

2012-07-26 14:18

Madagascar rivals are due to meet again in a "few days" after their first direct talks ended in Seychelles without finalising an agreement, the island’s ruler Andry Rajoelina says.

US expanding secret spy bases in Africa

2012-06-14 20:13

The United States military is expanding a secret network of air bases across Africa in order to spy on al-Qaeda and other militant groups, says a report.

Mauritius, Seychelles to manage sea shelf

2012-03-13 19:38

Mauritius and the Seychelles have signed a pact to jointly manage a continental shelf in the Indian Ocean spanning 396 000km² in what was described as a breakthrough accord.

Costa Allegra passengers return to Europe

2012-03-02 15:43

Scores of passengers from an Italian cruise ship stricken by a fire in the Indian Ocean have returned to Rome, Paris and Vienna.

Passengers were ready to abandon ship

2012-03-01 18:14

The Costa Allegra's captain says passengers had put on life vests and were ready to abandon ship as his crew fought a fire in the engine room that left the vessel adrift and powerless.

Crippled ship arrives in Seychelles capital

2012-03-01 11:08

A crippled Costa cruise line with more than 1 000 people on board has arrived at the capital of Seychelles after three days at sea without power.

Passengers on disabled ship to fly to Rome

2012-02-29 12:42

A disabled cruise ship being towed to the Seychelles' main port is expected to arrive at about dawn three days after the ship lost power and began drifting in the Indian Ocean.

Crippled Allegra inching toward safety

2012-02-28 11:27

An Italian cruise ship drifting powerless in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles, is not expected to reach a resort island for 24 hours.

Costa Cruise ship fire - passengers safe

2012-02-27 17:39

The passengers aboard the Costa cruise ship which is adrift near Seychelles after a fire, are all safe.

US drone crashes at Seychelles airport

2011-12-13 16:37

US officials say an American military drone has crashed at an airport on the island nation of Seychelles.

Pirates capture Seychelles fishermen

2011-11-07 12:39

Somali pirates are holding two Seychelles sailors aboard a fishing boast that was captured 65 miles west of Mahe last week, a government minister says.

US building secret drone bases in Africa

2011-09-21 12:48

The US is reportedly building a ring of secret drone bases in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of an aggressive campaign against al-Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen.

Bride watches as groom killed by shark

2011-08-17 09:29
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A British man died after being attacked by a shark while on his honeymoon in the Seychelles, UK media have reported.

Polling starts in the Seychelles

2011-05-19 11:11

Voting has started in the Seychelles archipelago where some 70 000 electors are to choose a president over three days of polling, which the incumbent James Michel is favoured to win.

Seychelles rescues fishermen from pirates

2011-04-20 14:52

The Seychelles coast guard has rescued four fishermen whose boat had been captured by Somali pirates in an operation during which seven sea-bandits were detained.

Pirates seize German ship off Seychelles

2011-01-26 18:22

Pirates hijacked a German cargo ship north of the Seychelles in an attack over the weekend, the EU’s naval mission says.

Seychelles signs up to ICC

2010-08-11 21:48

Seychelles has ratified the founding statute of the International Criminal Court and will become its 112th member state, the tribunal has announced.

Seychelles leader reshuffles govt

2010-06-09 11:27

Seychelles President James Michel has announced a reshuffle of the Indian Ocean archipelago’s government, creating a new home affairs portfolio to respond to the growing threat of Somali piracy.

Pirates take ship at Seychelles

2010-04-12 20:23

A cargo ship with 26 crew members including 11 Indians has been hijacked by Somali pirates near the Seychelles, local media reports have said.

 

Turtle species not extinct, never existed

2013-04-04 19:13

A Seychelles freshwater turtle species declared extinct after decades of futile searches, in fact never existed, scientists now say.

Reporter dies in the Seychelles

2013-02-10 09:44

A female reporter from New Zealand working for a Dubai-based radio station has died after the ferry she was on collided with another boat in the Seychelles.

Ben Ali's son-in-law held in Seychelles

2012-12-14 16:01

The son-in-law of Tunisia's deposed former dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been arrested in the Seychelles, Tunisian authorities say.

Rajoelina blasts ousted rival after talks

2012-08-10 07:49

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina says his rival Marc Ravalomanana, whom he toppled with army support in 2009, must be kept “at all costs” from returning to power.

Seychelles bids for UN Security Council seat

2012-08-03 15:15

The Seychelles has just 90 000 people, but that’s not holding the island nation back from seeking a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Cape Town yachtsman lost at sea

2012-07-23 10:18

Seychelles police are investigating the disappearance of a Cape Town yachtsman who was completing the last leg of circumnavigating the globe.

Jailed pirates moved to Somaliland

2012-03-29 22:44

The Seychelles has moved 17 convicted pirates to Somaliland to help decongest the country's prisons.

Seychelles takes 15 suspected pirates

2012-03-06 22:02

The island nation of Seychelles says it has agreed to accept 15 Somali pirate suspects from US military custody for prosecution.

Somali pirates: Seychelles call for help

2012-03-05 15:27

As naval forces tighten the noose around Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, the idyllic Seychelles archipelago has been overrun with convicted brigades and is calling for international support.

Investigations on fire-stricken Allegra

2012-03-02 12:45

Technicians have begun investigations on the crippled Italian cruise liner Costa Allegra, as tourist recover on the Seychelles' white-sand beaches from their three-day ordeal on the fire-stricken ship.

End of 'rough ride' for Allegra passengers

2012-03-01 11:46

Passengers on the crippled Italian liner Costa Allegra say they thought they would have to get into lifeboats and abandon ship in pirate-infested waters when it was displaced by fire.

Allegra delayed at sea, tow refused

2012-02-29 21:26

A Seychelles government minister says passengers aboard a disabled cruise ship will spend 10 to 12 hours longer at sea than was needed because a French vessel pulling the ship refused to give way.

Second cruise scare for UK family

2012-02-28 12:20

A British father is in anguish after hearing that his daughter is on a stranded cruise liner, only weeks after his son made it out of another stricken cruise liner alive, say reports.

Allegra fire leaves 1 000 in darkness

2012-02-27 22:22

The Costa Allegra, an Italian cruise ship is lying without power and adrift in darkness off Seychelles after a fire in the engine room.

Cruise ship adrift off Seychelles

2012-02-27 17:06

An Italian cruise ship from the same fleet as the tragedy-struck Costa Concordia is adrift off the Seychelles with more than 1 000 people on board following a fire.

China asked to fight pirates in Seychelles

2011-12-03 08:07

The Seychelles has invited Beijing to set up a military base on the archipelago to beef up the fight against piracy there.

Seychelles ruling party wins again

2011-10-02 17:28

The ruling People's Party of Seychelles have secured a landslide parliamentary election victory in a poll boycotted by the main opposition group.

Seychelles bans swimming

2011-08-17 21:38

Authorities in the Seychelles have closed down beaches after a shark savaged a British honeymooner as his newly-wed wife watched in horror, in the second fatal attack on a tourist this month.

Seychelles leader wins presidential race

2011-05-22 19:41

The Seychelles' President James Michel has been re-elected, beating three opposition candidates to win a second term in office.

Royal honeymoon quotes 'fabricated'

2011-05-11 16:00

The Seychelles Tourism Board has said that quotes published about Prince William and Kate honeymooning there are false.

Seychelles jails ten Somali pirates

2011-02-28 22:27

Ten Somali pirates have been convicted to 20 years in prison by a court in Seychelles in the hope that the jail sentence will serve as a deterrent.

Anti-piracy force nets 16 'pirates'

2010-11-23 16:05

The EU’s anti-piracy naval force says they have caught 16 suspected Somali pirates in the past five days with the help of Seychelles Coast Guard.

Pirates sentenced in Seychelles

2010-07-26 17:54

The island nation of Seychelles says it has prosecuted and convicted Somali pirates for the first time.

Seychelles to fight piracy

2010-05-06 15:33

Seychelles is to set up UN-backed courts to prosecute suspected pirates nabbed by European Union naval forces off Somalia, the UN says.

US Navy nabs 5 pirates

2010-04-01 21:16

Suspected Somali pirates have fired on a US Navy warship near the Seychelles in what seemed to be a ransom-seeking attack on a US frigate, officials have said.

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