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Seychelles and government
Between 1968 and 1973, the Chagossians, then numbering about 2, 000 people, were expelled by the British government to Mauritius and Seychelles to allow the United States to establish a military base on the island.
Politics of Seychelles takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Seychelles is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.
The DP and SPUP formed a coalition government in June 1975 to lead Seychelles to independence.
After almost sixteen years of one-party rule, President Rene announced a return to the multiparty system of government at an Extraordinary Congress of the ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front ( SPPF ) on 4 December 1991.
Imports of all kind are controlled by the Seychelles Marketing Board ( SMB ), a government parastatal which operates all the major supermarkets and is the distributor and licensor of most other imports.
Although foreign banks operate branches in Seychelles, the government owns the two local banks — the Development Bank of Seychelles, which mobilizes resources to fund development programs, and the Seychelles Saving Bank, a bank for savings and current accounts.
In Seychelles the main daily newspaper is the Seychelles Nation, dedicated to the local government views and current affairs and topics.
The government of the Seychelles withdrew diplomatic recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on March 17, 2008, according to an official government source.
The Seychelles government in November 2011 offered China rights to establish a naval base to supply its anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden.
When the British exiled him in the Seychelles in 1896, along with the King of Asante Prempeh I and other members of the Asante government, Yaa Asantewaa became regent of the Ejisu-Juaben District.
Three million dollars were paid to President René and his government by South Africa for the return of the remaining mercenaries detained in Seychelles.
* Indian Ocean Station ( IOS ), Mahe Island, Seychelles ; callsign INDI ( closed in August 1996, after the government of the Seychelles attempted to " raise the rent " to more than $ 10 million / year ).
Since its independence in 1976, the government of the Seychelles has sought to develop the language, with its own orthography and codified grammar, establishing Lenstiti Kreol ( the Creole Institute ) for this purpose.
As the Seychelles is a small country with a population of about 90, 000 and that mass tourism is not welcomed by either the government or the people, the size of the airport is reasonably adequate for the country's needs.
The National Youth Service ( NYS ) was a heavily-criticized program implemented by the government of Seychelles.
The government acquired a truck for the use of the Ya Naa and organized the visit of Ya Naa Abdulai II to Kumasi in 1925 after the return of Nana Prempeh from exile in Seychelles.
In 1976, the government of the Seychelles took the British government to court.

Seychelles and is
The area of long-term eruption ( the hotspot ), known as the Réunion hotspot, is suspected of both causing the Deccan Traps eruption and opening the rift that once separated the Seychelles plateau from India.
The island is located off the Southeastern African coast, northwest from Seychelles, and its capital city was Hammer Bay.
International tourism is a significant factor in the local economy of Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Réunion, Hawaii and the Maldives, among others.
The only way to fly to Ascension is to fly with the RAF via RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England on an overnight charter, operated ( as of September 2010 ) by an Air Seychelles Boeing 767-300ER.
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Seychelles, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Seychelles culture is a mixture of French and African ( Creole ) influences.
New five star properties and the devaluation of the currency by nearly 33 % by the Seychelles Government is having a positive influence on the tourism sector as well.
The decision to let the currency trade freely as part of the IMF rescue package means that Seychelles is the smallest country in the world that has a completely independent currency-one that is neither pegged, nor an adopted foreign currency, nor a common currency used within a larger monetary union.
In May 2010 an International Monetary Fund mission visited Seychelles and concluded the country is making progress.
The Seychelles International Business Authority ( SIBA ) is charged with overseeing the quickly growing offshore industry.
Seychelles is home to a number of offshore incorporation specialists which specialize in offshore company formation, mutual funds, hedge funds and captive insurance.
The Seychelles President claims that this has opened the door to a new industry for his country and encouraged economic growth by further removing over-reliance on traditional trades like fisheries and tourism, which is now falling rapidly as the country's main income but nevertheless, has experienced significant growth in recent years.
In the Seychelles, the main television and radio network is operated by the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation which offers locally produced news and discussion programmes in the Seychellois Creole language.
In terms of sea transport, the main port is Victoria, and Seychelles has no merchant marine.
Seychelles is represented in Russia through its embassy in Paris ( France ) and an honorary consulate in Saint Petersburg.
The U. S. Ambassador to Mauritius also is accredited to Seychelles.
It is administered as a French overseas territory, as the result of an agreement with the United Kingdom in 1954, but sovereignty is disputed with ownership claimed by both Mauritius and the Seychelles.

Seychelles and one
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands are home to ten endemic families of flowering plants ; eight are endemic to Madagascar ( Asteropeiaceae, Didymelaceae, Didiereaceae, Kaliphoraceae, Melanophyllaceae, Physenaceae, Sarcolaenaceae, and Sphaerosepalaceae ), one to Seychelles ( Mesdusagynaceae ) and one to the Mascarene Islands ( Psiloxylaceae ).
The atoll is located at and belongs to the Aldabra Group, one of the island groups of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, which includes the island of Assumption and the atolls of Astove and Cosmoledo.
Borasseae is represented by four genera in Madagascar and one in Seychelles out of the seven worldwide.
From 4 June 1735 to 23 March 1746, a single French Mascarene Islands chartered colony under one gouverneur général ( governor general ) contained Isle de France ( now Mauritius ), Île Bourbon ( Réunion ) and Séchelles ( Seychelles ).
* Long Island, Seychelles, one of the inner granitic islands of the Seychelles
Seychelles sent one boxer to Athens.
The Seychelles have one endemic plant family, Mesdusagynaceae, and family Psiloxylaceae is endemic to the Macarene Islands.
The Aldabra giant tortoise ( Aldabrachelys gigantea ), from the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, is one of the largest tortoises in the world.
By the end of 1975, the airline operated one VC-10, two One-Elevens, two HS-748s and two Islanders, on a route network which included Amsterdam, Beira, Harare, Johannesburg, Lusaka, Manzini, Ndola, Nairobi, Salisburg and Seychelles.
The Indian subcontinent was at one time next to the east coast of the Seychelles, but seafloor spreading has moved the landmass to its current position, where it has collided and fused with the continent of Asia.
After completing one of his hydrological assignments, he continued on to Mahé, Seychelles.
It is informally named after Victoria – one of the five ships of Ferdinand Magellan and the first ship to circumnavigate the globe – and formally named after Victoria, Seychelles.
Takamaka is one of the 22 administrative regions of Mahé, Republic of Seychelles.
Alphonse Atoll is one of two atolls of the Alphonse Group, the other bing St. François Atoll — both in the Outer Islands ( Coralline Seychelles ) coral archipelago of the Seychelles.
An article titled " Seychellois rekindle ties with Sultan of Somaliland " which was featured in one of the newspapers of the Republic of Seychelles captures a glimpse of Warsangeli history.
Curieuse is notable for its bare red earth intermingled with the unique Coco de Mer palms, one of the cultural icons of the Seychelles, only being present on the two islands.
The island is one of only four that host the Seychelles Fody, with an estimated 800 – 1, 200 birds in 1997.

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