VICTORIA, Seychelles: Citizens in the beach paradise of Seychelles vote this week in tightly fought elections amid concerns over a Qatari hotel complex being built near a world-renowned marine reserve.
Voting in the Indian Ocean archipelago runs from Thursday to Saturday.
Seychelles has the highest wealth per capita in Africa — around $18,000 according to the World Bank.
But it lies on a key drug smuggling route between Afghanistan and East Africa that has fueled one of the highest rates of heroin addiction in the world.
President Wavel Ramkalawan, an Anglican priest, is hoping for a second five-year term.
