AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoElection & Environment: Seychelles heads to the polls with a vote on a controversial hotel project near a protected marine reserve, turning the ballot into a referendum on whether growth can be pursued without damaging marine ecosystems and biodiversity. Diplomacy & Trade: After PM Modi’s Seychelles visit, the Seychelles High Commissioner to India urged Indian businesses to treat the islands as a strategic gateway to Africa and West Asia, promising deeper cooperation beyond diplomacy. Modi Award Row: India hit back at Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif over remarks about Seychelles’ “Guardian of the Blue Horizon” award, as Seychelles says the flawed certificate was a draft replaced by an approved version; opposition in India continues to question the credibility of “engineered” honours. UN Tourism (Africa): Ghana won the bid to host the 70th UN Tourism Commission for Africa meeting in 2027, with Seychelles hosting the current session and the bid framed around sustainable tourism and regional integration. UNESCO Citizen Science: UNESCO’s IslandWatch training in Seychelles used citizen science to strengthen freshwater monitoring, with field data collected via a citizen science app.
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