Almost all shallow-water coral reefs now face extinction risk, study warns
World authority on threatened wildlife classifies 96 percent of assessed coral reef systems as “critically endangered”.
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How much does Africa contribute to global carbon emissions?
Africa, which contributes just 4 percent of global CO2 emissions, will suffer the most from climate change.
Africa seeks private sector funding for ocean climate action
African countries turn to private climate funding to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities and aid biodiversity.
COP26: Developing nations urge rich ones to fund climate goals
From Honduras to India, developing nations urged developed ones to live up to their financial commitments.
![Rich nations have yet to make good on a longstanding pledge to contribute $100bn annually to help developing countries deal with the effects of climate change [File: Yves Herman/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cop26.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
WHO reviewing Seychelles data after fully vaccinated get COVID
Country’s health ministry says a third of those diagnosed with COVID-19 in past week had had both doses of vaccine.
![A medic administers a COVID-19 vaccine in the Seychelles. The WHO is reviewing the data after the health ministry found 37 percent of people testing positive for the disease in the last week had received both doses [File: Rassin Vannier/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_8YH27N.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Seychelles opposition candidate wins presidential election
Ramkalawan, running for the presidency for the sixth time, won 54.9 percent of valid votes cast, poll body says.
Seychelles votes to elect president, parliament
Voters go to polls amid economic downturn as restrictions on global travel bottom out the tourism industry.
![The country's economy has slowed significantly since the start of the coronavirus pandemic [AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8TM33Q.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Voting under way in Seychelles parliamentary, presidential polls
President Danny Faure, in power since 2016, is facing voters for the first time in the three-day election.
![The same party has been in power in Seychelles since 1977 [Rassin Vannier/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8TM33N.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
From: Talk to Al Jazeera
President of Seychelles: The politics behind paradise
Danny Faure discusses what a political establishment that has been in power since 1977 has to offer moving forward.
Published On 18 Oct 2020
Seychelles sets up protection for 30 percent of surrounding sea
The government says it worked closely with companies to decide which areas to protect.
Published On 27 Mar 2020
India’s Seychelles base plan hits choppy waters
Opposition declares agreement between two governments ‘dead’ against backdrop of contest for influence in Indian Ocean.
![The Seychelles coastguard stands vigilant, keep watch for pirates [Nazanine Moshiri/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/201263015467848734_20.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
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