Seychelles News

Zhou Yongkang, a senior official of the Communist Party of China , has met leaders of the Seychelles on bilateral relations.

China has sent a new navy flotilla to join an international fleet in the Gulf of Aden combating increasingly bold Somali pirates who are pushing deeper into the Indian Ocean as merchant vessels start to fight back against them.

Pirates were unsuccessful in their second attempt to hijack the Maersk Alabama .

SOMALI pirates have released a Spanish tuna trawler and its 36 crew seized more than a month ago in the Indian Ocean, saying they had been paid a $US4 million ransom.

Global warming is "inextricably linked" to food security, Seychelles President James Michel said, lamenting reports that no binding agreement is expected at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen next month.

Somali pirates have seized a chemical tanker near the Seychelles, the latest in a spate of attacks spanning an ever-widening area between Tanzania and the Maldives, maritime sources told AFP on Tuesday.

This season Jacques Matombehad to burn 14,300 U.S. dollars worth of pumpkin that he spent months growing on his farm in Seychelles.

Somali pirates have hijacked two more ships, a Yemeni fishing boat and a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship in the latest attacks of a growing maritime crime wave, the gunmen and officials said on Wednesday.

The African nation of Seychelles and the United States of America have stressed their commitment to the coordinated effort in combating Somali piracy in the western Indian Ocean.

H.H. Gen. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, welcomed today President of Seychelles James Alix Michel as part of his visit to the UAE to attend the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi grand prix.

An IMF mission led by Mr. Paul Mathieu visited Victoria during October 19-November 2 to assess performance at end-September for the third review under the Stand-by Arrangement and discuss a new 3-year arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility.

Pictured at the Ratledge Family Awards ceremony are, from left, Gordon Johnson, recipient; Robin Morgan, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Debby Boyer, recipient; and Michael Gamel-McCormick, dean of the College of Education and Public Policy.

Masdar, Abu Dhabi's multi-faceted future energy initiative wholly owned by the Mubadala Development Company, and the Seychelles Government announced they will be carrying out a wind resource assessment study for the proposed wind power project on the island of Mahe.

The overwhelming public impression of the Seychelles is of idyllic tropical islands, untouched by the troubles of a turbulent region, and highly popular with upmarket Western tourists.

Somali pirates say they have seized a yacht in the Indian Ocean with a British couple aboard and are taking the vessel to the Horn of Africa nation.

Pirates seized a Panama-flag ship 180 nautical miles west of the Seychelles, Bloomberg reported.

The Republic of Seychelles announced that the U.S. is providing drones to help fight against the ever vigilant Somali pirates , who have been very busy as of late .

Sometimes, that old adage, "Can't see the forest for the trees in the way" can take on a positive connotation.

The Republic of Seychelles, a small island nation in the western Indian Ocean, has targeted China as the most promising source of its tourism market.

VLADIVOSTOK: A Russian Pacific Fleet task force has resumed anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden after a five-day visit to the Seychelles, a fleet spokesman said on Thursday.