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Seychelles
Population: 0.1 mn.
GDP: 0.9 bn.
Debt: 1.7 bn.
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President James Michel must make electoral reforms after the opposition SNP's boycott. Economic plans may include the introduction of VAT and privatisation of some parastatals. 

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  • Vol 44 No 19
  •  26th September 2003

Murder in paradise

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, led by Sweden's Anders Wijkman, plans to tabl...

  • Vol 43 No 25
  •  20th December 2002

Of ranch and rupees

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 seek another term. René seized power in...

  • Vol 42 No 18
  •  14th September 2001

By a whisker

President René's narrow victory showed that change is in the air

  • Vol 42 No 18
  •  14th September 2001

Of tuna and tourists

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. And when your head of state, seeking re-election, admits times are tough and will g...

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