AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoUNESCO World Heritage Expansion: UNESCO’s 48th World Heritage Committee session in Busan added 25 new sites worldwide, bringing the total to 1,273, with 19 cultural, five natural, and one mixed property. São Tomé and Príncipe Spotlight: The Roças of Agostinho Neto and São João dos Angolares—historic Portuguese plantation complexes tied to coffee and cocoa production and the memory of forced labour—were inscribed, marking the first World Heritage listings for São Tomé and Príncipe. Maritime Security & Energy Theft: Nigeria’s Navy intercepted the MT FILIA, a tanker flying São Tomé and Príncipe’s flag, allegedly carrying stolen crude oil worth over N660m; 12 suspects were arrested after the crew reportedly discharged oil at sea. Heritage Beyond Africa: The new list also includes the Beaches of the D-Day Landings in Normandy and Greece’s Mount Olympus, alongside emergency inscriptions in conflict-affected regions like South Sudan’s Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape.
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