AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoEU Fisheries Renewal: The European Parliament has approved renewed EU fisheries deals with São Tomé and Príncipe, keeping Spanish, French and Portuguese vessels operating in the Gulf of Guinea under new protocols endorsed May 20, with payments tied to access and local fisheries policy. Regional Mobility Pressure: A Mo Ibrahim Foundation report says only four of 55 African countries—including São Tomé and Príncipe—have ratified the AU’s 2018 Free Movement of Persons Protocol, warning that visa barriers and other frictions cost the continent billions and slow integration. Global Stage Push (Context): Tunisia used a World Expo capacity-building session in Tunis to argue African participation should move beyond “symbolic” presence—an angle that echoes the wider push for stronger economic diplomacy across international platforms.
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