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| Republic of Seychelles République des Seychelles Repiblik Sesel | |
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| Capital and largest city | Victoria |
| Official languages | English French Seychellois Creole |
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• Total | 459 km² |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 100,447 |
Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an island country in the Indian Ocean.
History
The CIA organized a mercenary invasion of Seychelles from apartheid South Africa in 1981. The invasion aimed to overthrow socialist President France Albert René, who supported the Non-Aligned Movement and wanted to remove nuclear weapons from the Indian Ocean.[1]
References
- ↑ William Blum (2002). Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower: 'A Concise History of United States Global Interventions, 1945 to the Present' (p. 127). [PDF] Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 9781842772201 [LG]