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The Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) Special Forces and Seychelles Coast Guards on board Coast Guards vessel Topaz led a successful operation to regain control of a Sri Lankan vessel hijacked by armed Somali pirates. Seychellois special military forces boarded the boat with utmost courage to take complete control of the vessel and rescue our Sri Lankan brothers. The Commander in Chief of the Seychelles, President Wavel Ramkalawan has spoken to […]

Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya will travel to Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria, and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from January 27 to February 3, 2024. In Abuja, Under Secretary Zeya will deepen cooperation on democracy, civilian security, and humanitarian efforts with senior government officials.  Additionally, she will meet with religious leaders, civil society representatives, and labor leaders on freedom of expression and religion, and the protection […]

On the sidelines of this week’s Italy-Africa Summit, the European Commission (EC) and the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) have formalised a new Financial Framework Partnership Agreement to boost investments in infrastructure projects in Africa. The European Union’s contribution to co-finance operations with the African Development Bank has significantly increased over the last two years, now amounting to €972 million in blending operations and guarantees. This figure will further increase after […]

“More than 500,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan. This means that over 30 per cent of all the refugees, asylum seekers, and ethnic South Sudanese were forced to flee Sudan since the war exploded in April 2023 for protection in one of the poorest places on earth. “We are appalled by the global inaction as countless defenceless civilians are killed and displaced within […]

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is concerned by continuing intercommunal clashes that resulted in the death of another United Nations peacekeeper from Pakistan on 28 January. This follows the death of a Ghanaian peacekeeper on 27 January. As part of its mandate to protect civilians, UNISFA has allowed all persons, in imminent threat of danger to seek refuge in some of its camps. Yesterday, while transporting […]

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-idb.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, signed a US$90 Million Master Murabaha Agreement in favor of the Republic of Djibouti, with the International Hydrocarbons Company of Djibouti (SIHD) as the executing agency. The signing took place between HE. Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, Minister of Economy&Finance, in charge of Industry, and Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, CEO of ITFC. The facility aims […]

As part of UNSMIL’s efforts to engage all stakeholders, including political actors, major institutions, elders, cultural components, women and youth, on the solution to Libya’s protracted crisis, SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily met today with more than 20 western security actors and representatives of armed formations. SRSG Bathily urged them to fulfil their duty to establish peace and stability in Libya, heal wounds, and rebuild the country. Libya is for all Libyans, […]

The Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, arrived in Rome on Januray, 28, 2024 to represent HM King Mohammed VI at the "Italy-Africa Summit: A Bridge for Common Growth", to be held on January 28 and 29 in the Italian capital. The Conference is part of a series of bilateral meetings undertaken by the Italian government since it took office, culminating in the Conference on Development and Migration, held in Rome […]

Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Enrique A. Manalo, delivered a statement at the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Kampala, Uganda, last 19 January 2024. Secretary Manalo highlighted the need for a renewed commitment to the principles and goals of NAM, calling for a revitalization of the movement to better address the challenges that the developing countries are facing. In his speech, Secretary Manalo expressed his felicitations to […]