Vol 65 No 8 | SEYCHELLES Probe of René-era corruption goes awry 8th April 2024 Elected on promises of judicial and political reform, Wavel Ramkalawan's government is struggling to hold its predecessor to account The attempts by President Wavel Ramkalawan and his Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) party to prosecute top officials of the Albert René government for terrorism and corruption are in...
Vol 63 No 2 | SEYCHELLES A moment of reckoning for the gilded elite 19th January 2022 After lengthy anti-corruption investigations, a former first lady, an ex-finance minister and their business allies face trial When former president Albert René died in 2019, his opponents said it was a pity he never stood trial for corruption. Notoriously ruthless, he ruled the islands as...
Vol 62 No 4 | SEYCHELLES Trouble in paradise 18th February 2021 President Ramkalawan faces a battle to deliver on promises as the pandemic-induced collapse in tourism drains state coffers Seychelles' newest president may be regretting having finally got his wish: the top job in a country that relies almost exclusively on tourism – during a global pandemic....
Vol 5 (AAC) No 10 | SEYCHELLES Jean-Paul Adam 31st July 2012 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Seychelles Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Paul Adam was in South Korea in early July. He attended his country’s national day at the Expo 2012 in Yeosu before meeting his counterpart,...
Vol 44 No 19 | SEYCHELLES Murder in paradise 26th September 2003 Worsening human rights abuses, including the apparent murder of an opposition leader's sister-in-law, have brought a threat from the European Parliament's Development Commission to suspend aid. The Commission,...
Vol 43 No 25 | SEYCHELLES Of ranch and rupees 20th December 2002 In the 6 December legislative election, President France-Albert René's Seychelles People's Progressive Front polled just one per cent above the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution and...
Vol 42 No 18 | SEYCHELLES By a whisker 14th September 2001 President René's narrow victory showed that change is in the air Three thousand more votes for the priest and it would have been curtains for 'the Boss'. Yet after 24 years of paternalistic socialism, plus lucrative capitalism for some,...
Vol 42 No 18 | SEYCHELLES Of tuna and tourists 14th September 2001 When supermarkets run out of imported toilet paper and shoppers fight for the last disposable nappies, there's a problem - in Seychelles, if not in most African countries....
Vol 39 No 3 | SEYCHELLES Rene´ Inc. 6th February 1998 The new political generation believe they can take radical economic change in their stride Stable politics may be about to produce radical economic changes. On 20 March, the presidential and parliamentary elections are unlikely to upset President France-Albert René or his ruling...
Vol 38 No 2 | SEYCHELLES High rollers roll low 17th January 1997 A foreign capital free-for-all won't be enough to rescue the economy President Albert René's government seems to have run out of steam. The money-men expect a devaluation of the Rupee Seychellois, followed, they hope, by a loan from the...