AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoNon-Aligned Movement diplomacy: Serbia’s foreign ministry secretary general Dušan Kozarev met São Tomé and Príncipe’s Defence and Internal Affairs minister Horácio de Sousa in Belgrade, reaffirming close ties and thanking São Tomé and Príncipe for reversing its recognition of “Kosovo.” The talks also flagged closer economic cooperation with a focus on tourism, plus security and defence collaboration. Water and hygiene progress: UN-Water highlights São Tomé and Príncipe’s SDG 6 gains, including basic water access rising to about 80% (2015) and improvements in hygiene coverage (up 21% between 2015 and 2024), while noting safely managed services still lag. Heritage and tourism push: UNESCO’s recent World Heritage listing of São Tomé’s colonial “rocas” plantations spotlights both the preservation challenge—many estates are abandoned—and growing interest from private investors to develop heritage tourism. Regional sports pathway: São Tomé and Príncipe is set to face Equatorial Guinea (CAF U-23 AFCON qualifiers), with the winner meeting the final-round opponent in the race for Egypt 2027.
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