Chagos Islanders fear loss of identity as birth certificates altered to remove disputed homeland
Birthplace and parents’ names are being removed from passports and birth certificates as Mauritius stakes claim to the island
December 2023
Huge explosion flattens buildings in the Seychelles – video
The blast happened at an industrial site where four containers were holding explosives on the main island of Mahé
October 2023
Climate crisis is ‘not gender neutral’: UN calls for more policy focus on women
Only a third of countries with climate crisis plans include access to sexual, maternal and newborn health services, UNFPA report finds
February 2023
Chagos islanders must get full reparations for forced exile, says NGO
Human Rights Watch also demands trial for ‘appalling colonial crime’ of expulsion – and continuing ill treatment – of Chagossians
June 2022
Briton feared dead after going missing while on Seychelles hiking trail
Consumer champions
Our dream holiday is at risk from passport issues
December 2021
The age of extinction
All coral reefs in western Indian Ocean ‘at high risk of collapse in next 50 years’
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Recycled regatta: world heritage site highlights plastic pollution crisis
October 2021
Pandora papers
EU tax haven blacklist trim ‘grotesque’ after Pandora papers, say critics
Condemnation by MEPs and Oxfam prompted by removal of Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles
August 2021
Giant tortoise filmed attacking and killing baby bird – video
‘Horrifying and amazing’: giant tortoise filmed attacking and eating baby bird
April 2021
The age of extinction
Nuts for coco de mer: islanders rally to save world’s biggest seed
The rare palm that bears this botanical icon grows wild on just two islands in Seychelles. Now locals are helping to save it in a new planting scheme
December 2020
'What about justice?': Chagos Islanders pin their hopes on Biden
Decades after the US took over the territory for a military base, families separated and forced to leave their homes are still waiting for compensation
October 2020
Brief letters
Opponents impaled on Vlad’s cross sword
Seychelles election marks first opposition victory in 44 years
April 2019
Seychelles president issues underwater plea to protect oceans
Danny Faure gives speech from submersible 120 metres below surface of Indian Ocean
August 2018
Man arrested in Antrim over 1985 killing of exiled politician
77-year-old held in connection with shooting of Seychelles’ Gérard Hoarau in London
April 2018
Climate change to drive migration from island homes sooner than thought
Low-lying atolls around the world will be overtaken by sea-level rises within a few decades, according to a new study
February 2018
Debt for dolphins: Seychelles creates huge marine parks in world-first finance scheme
An innovative exchange of sovereign debt for marine conservation, backed by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, could pave the way to saving large swaths of the world’s oceans
October 2017
Cities in the spotlight
Victoria in the spotlight: Seychelles' Creole capital giddy with rapid growth
More than a pit stop between resorts, Mahé’s tiny capital boasts lively history and vibrant architecture. But will its melting-pot mores survive a cash influx?
