Seychelles

Island country to the East of Africa

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Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago country in the Indian Ocean. The capital of the 115-island country, Victoria, lies 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland East Africa. Other nearby island countries and territories include Comoros, Mayotte, Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius to the south; as well as the Maldives and British Indian Ocean Territory to the east. With a population of roughly 94,228, it has the smallest population of any sovereign African country.

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Trump backer Erik Prince’s account of Russian banker contact differs from Mueller report

Erik Prince, founder of the now defunct Blackwater security firm and a supporter of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential run, appears to have misled the US Congress on details of contact he had with a..
WorldNews - Published 5 days ago

Seychelles President to support deep-sea mission

Seychelles President Danny Faure traveled to Desroches Island to observe first hand efforts to document changes to the ocean and pledged support to the research scientists working on the mission...
USATODAY.com - Published 1 week ago

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Seychelles President Goes Underwater To Beg The World To Save The Seas

The president of Seychelles, Danny Faure, implored the world to do more to protect the “beating blue heart of our planet” in a Sunday speech broadcast live from the depths of the Indian Ocean...

Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:36Published 1 week ago

Watch: Traditional fishing at odds with Seychelles 'blue economy'

Last year, Seychelles designated a third of its waters as protected areas where fishing is banned.

Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:20Published on March 25, 2019

UK must return Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius - ICJ

The International Court of Justice has told Britain to give up control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, and said it had wrongfully forced the population to leave in the 1970s to make way for..

Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:25Published on February 26, 2019

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