Day: August 29, 2025

President Chairs Follow-up Meeting on Airport Redevelopment Project

Mr Mohammed

Seychelles,President Wavel Ramkalawan this afternoon chaired a follow-up meeting to review progress on the Airport Redevelopment Project according to an official statement issued by the Office of the President in Victoria,Friday. The meeting,the statement said, follows an initial site visit and working session chaired by the President at the Seychelles International Airport on 31st July, during which the committee committed to reconvening one month later to assess developments and further expand on the proposals put forward. Also in attendance, the statement  disclosed,were Vice-President Ahmed Afif, the Minister for Transport, the…

Al Mezan Refutes Israeli Claims of ‘Empty Areas’ in Gaza, Calls for an End to Forced Displacemen

Mr Mohammed

Al Mezan is deeply alarmed by the false claims made by the Israeli military’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adree, that there are “empty areas” in southern Gaza to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who will once again be forcibly displaced, should Israel proceed with its plan to take over Gaza City,said the organisation in an official statement issued  in Gaza,Wednesday. Al Mezan stresses that these assertions are intentionally misleading, serving only to deceive public opinion and to justify Israel’s policy of mass forced displacement as part of its ongoing genocide. The Israeli…

New Report by Africa Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows Secretariat Says Africa Lags Behind in the Fight Against IFFs

Mr Mohammed

The Secretariat of the African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows released a new report, Successes and Challenges of Implementing the Recommendations of the African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows, which indicates that most African countries fall short of meeting the institutional, policy and law enforcement requirements to effectively contain IFFs says an official statement issued in Addis Ababa,Friday. The report, launched on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, shows that the continent lacks an effective coordination mechanism for a coherent and coordinated action against the scourge of…