Month: May 2024

[[{"value":"The government is implementing new laws and policies that will facilitate growth in IT-enabled services in the country, President William Ruto has said. The objective, the President announced, is for these measures to help the government unlock opportunities in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services sector. Consequently, the government is enhancing the country’s competitiveness and aligning it with global standards to accelerate the growth of the BPO market and other […]

[[{"value":"As part of her participation in the annual meeting of the steering committee of the regional project “Global Forest Transformation for Populations and Climate: A Focus on West Africa,” held on May 7, 2024, in Banjul, The Gambia, and funded by Swedish Cooperation and implemented with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Madame Massandjé TOURE-LITSE, Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture of ECOWAS, […]

[[{"value":"The Office of the President has today announced the appointment of the new Board of the L’Union Estate, La Digue. Mr Nigel Rosette has been re-appointed as the Chairperson and Ms Nadine Maillet has also been re-appointed as Vice-Chairperson. The other Board Members are: Mr Patrick Course                                         Member      Ms Lisa Lautoy                                             Member Mr Ralph Prea                                […]

[[{"value":"The Office of the President has today announced the appointment of the new Board of the Seychelles Revenue Commission. Mr Chrystold Chetty has been re-appointed as the Chairperson. The other Board Members are: Mrs Varsha Singh - Commissioner General (ex-officio Member) Ms Astride Tamatave - Member (ex-officio as PS Finance) Mr Francis Lebon - Member (ex-officio as PS Trade) Mr Charles Morin - Member Ms Cillia Mangroo - Member Ms Ginny Elizabeth - […]

[[{"value":"On the 8th of May 2024, Mr. Kenneth Racombo, Seychelles resident Ambassador in Brussels, presented his Credentials to His Excellency Mr. Tamás Sulyok, President of the Republic of Hungary. During the ceremony, the Hungarian President and the Seychelles Ambassador had the opportunity to discuss various issues regarding the bilateral cooperation between the two countries, focussing on capacity-building opportunities offered by the Government of Hungary, specifically in the fields of Medical […]

[[{"value":"Meet Mary Mungwere. She is a Village Health Worker (VHW) in Ringari Village, Makonde District and attached to Umboe Clinic.  When she received training for cervical cancer screening using HPV DNA testing in November 2023, Mary wasted no time in mobilizing her community through door-to-door interactions. Fast forward to today, Mary's efforts have resulted in 75 women being screened in her community alone, contributing to over 30,000 tests conducted in Mashonaland […]

[[{"value":"Eritrean nationals residing in Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the USA are actively participating in extensive public diplomacy activities, including seminars, conferences, and celebrations, among others. According to a report from the Public and Community Affairs Office in Italy, seminars were held from 14 January to 28 April in 11 cities, including Abruzzo, Florence, Padova, Torino, Bologna, Napoli, Bari, Catania, and Palermo. These seminars saw the participation of over 2,000 […]

[[{"value":"United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Barrie Freeman of the United States as his new Deputy Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS). Ms. Freeman succeeds Giovanie Biha of Burundi, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her accomplishments in West Africa and the Sahel, including her role in advancing implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel.  The Secretary-General also thanks Khassim […]

[[{"value":"The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Mr. Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has by Proclamation declared Tuesday, May 14, 2024, as National Unification Day and is to be observed throughout the Republic as a National Holiday.  According to a Foreign Ministry release, the day is in consonance with an act of Legislature of the Republic passed in 1960, declaring the 14th of May of each year as a National Unification Day, realizing […]