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Spotlight | Africa
The huge environmental risk of Al-Khayyat billionaires' luxury hotel diplomacy

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Assomption Island in the Seychelles, 2023.
Assomption Island in the Seychelles, 2023. © Franz Neumeier/ImageBroker/Alamy
Assomption Island in the Seychelles, 2023.
Assomption Island in the Seychelles, 2023. © Franz Neumeier/ImageBroker/Alamy

The two Qatari brothers have turned ultra-luxury resorts into an instrument of influence, leveraging ties to Qatar's emir and the business network surrounding Donald Trump. In the Seychelles, a project negotiated behind closed doors with the country's political elite is emerging as a major threat to one of the world's most fragile ecosystems.

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