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São Tomé requests continued support for export agricultural sectors
The Government of São Tomé and Príncipe has expressed a strong desire to initiate a successor to the Agricultural and Fisheries Support Project (PAFAE). “On behalf of the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe, I reaffirm our desire and need for a...
Payment Automation Hacks: Best Practices to Streamline & Scale Your AP Processes
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Ethiopia, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe step up digitalization
Homepage > News > Business > Ethiopia, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe step up digitalization African countries have stepped up their digital identity initiatives, with over a dozen targeting full coverage within the next three years. In Ethiopia,...

Wave of kidnappings in the Bight of Biafra
Wave of kidnappings in the Bight of Biafra A decline in piracy has pushed criminals toward hostage-taking, creating a growing ransom economy in the ocean region from Nigeria to Gabon. Published on 16 July 2025 in ISS Today By Raoul Sumo Tayo...

Biya's suspension of ECCAS-CEMAC summit in Yaounde raises eyebrows
The group includes six CEMAC countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. ECCAS is made up of Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Sao Tome and Principe The objective is to...

ANALYSIS: Nigerian pirates switch to kidnappings
Nigerian pirates kidnapped two government officials in Idabato, a Cameroonian border town in the Bakassi Peninsula, on 1 October 2024. One hostage, Ewane Ekeh, was released on 17 March, after six months in captivity in Nigeria. The second, Etongo...

Angolan Catholic Archbishop Calls for Outlawing Fortune-Telling and Penalizing Healers
(ZENIT News / Angola, 10.07.2025).- Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba of Saurimo, Angola, President of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST), asked the authorities to penalize divination practices due to the social damage they...

Russia, African island nation talk about enhancing relations
(MENAFN) Russia and the Central African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe are expanding their bilateral relationship, focusing on military, agricultural, and scientific collaboration, the Russian Embassy in the country has announced. During a...

Africa’s freshwater ecosystems depend on little creatures like insects and snails: study maps overlooked species
Africa’s tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally recognised for its astounding biodiversity. Beneath the surface of this ecological region lies the world of freshwater...
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History Today: When the first steam engine ship was launched in India
The first steam engine ship, Diana, was launched on July 12, 1863, and became one of the earliest instances of a steam-powered vessel built in India. It played a crucial role in the First Anglo-Burmese War. On this day in 1862, America’s highest...

No Nation Is Immune To Maritime Insecurity – CDS
Service Chiefs in a group photograph during the closing ceremony of IMDEC 2025 CHIEF OF Army Staff, Lt. General William Agyapong, has called on African leaders to take a second look at the existing security strategies that govern the maritime...
On recent heatwave in Africa!
Scientists from World Weather Attribution, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and Climate Central found that climate change had also doubled the number of heatwaves in the world. The research also identified 67 extreme heat events that...

What Trump’s Africa Summit Is Trying to Achieve
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in Washington, anti-government protests turn deadly in Kenya, and Nigerian ride-hailing start-up Moove eyes...

Le changement climatique a doublé le nombre de vagues de chaleur dans le monde : quel impact en Afrique ?
Une étude mondiale sur les chaleurs extrêmes a révélé qu'entre mai 2024 et mai 2025, près de la moitié de la population mondiale (49 %, soit 4 milliards de personnes) a subi 30 jours supplémentaires de fortes chaleurs. Ces journées ont été plus...

Tahir Heart Institute: A Journey Of Faith, Resilience & Growth
Truth be told, since joining Tahir Heart Institute in 2007, I had committed and recommitted myself to the idea of “going high” many times. This had always been with earnest prayers, seeking Allah’s much needed help, and hard work. During the long...

TotalEnergies Hires Shearwater for 3D Survey in Africa
Jun 26, 2025 (Credit: Shearwater Geoservices) Shearwater Geoservices has secured a 3D marine seismic acquisition contract by TotalEnergies in Sao Tome & Principe on the STP-02 Block. The two-month exploration survey off the coast of Western Africa...

Cape Verde Literature Festival honors 4 Lusophone writers
The seventh edition of the ‘Literatura-Mundo do Sal’ festival begins Thursday on the Cape Verdean island, honoring four Lusophone writers with a program dedicated to the 50th anniversaries of independence for Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, and...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Climate change has doubled the world’s heatwaves: how Africa...
A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world's people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures that were hotter than those experienced 90% of the time between 1991...

Climate change has doubled the world’s heatwaves: how Africa is affected
A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world’s people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures that were hotter than those experienced 90% of the time between 1991...