AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoUNESCO World Heritage: UNESCO added 25 new sites to its World Heritage List at its Busan session, pushing the total to 1,273. São Tomé and Príncipe Heritage: The country won its first listing with the “Roças of São Tomé and Príncipe,” Portuguese colonial plantation sites tied to coffee and cocoa history. Visa Access: Panama published a visa-free list for only nine African countries, including São Tomé and Príncipe, while most others are left to apply for visas. Citizenship-by-Investment: São Tomé and Príncipe is also marketing a “golden passport” for $90,000 to fund education, healthcare, energy and infrastructure, amid EU pressure on similar schemes. Diplomacy: Serbia’s foreign minister Marko Đurić met São Tomé and Príncipe’s PM Américo Ramos to expand cooperation in education, health, agriculture and digitalization. Regional Context: A separate report notes São Tomé and Príncipe appears among new export markets in Nigeria’s non-oil trade expansion.
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