A team of researchers from the University of Exeter and the Seychelles Islands Foundation has confirmed that Aldabra Atoll has the second largest population of green turtles in the region, still growing thanks to 50 years of enforced protection

91.300 ballot papers have correctly arrived and elections can open; polling station will be open 9-11 October across the arcipelago

Former Malawi Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda officially launched the Southern African Development Community Electoral Observation Mission in Seychelles in view of the country’s presidential and national assembly elections scheduled for 25-27 September

182.000 ballot papers have been printed, 91.300 for each of the elections scheduled for 25-27 September: Presidential and National Assembly; the printing templates have been destroyed in front of political representatives

42.620 licensed vehicles, a record high reported in latest available data, is bringing road traffic to its limits, with daily congestions in the islands' road network