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São Tomé and Príncipe: helping fishers and their future
Africanews
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June 8, 2025
Early in the morning, Paula Afè Do Espiritu Afonso goes to the beach in her village of Abade on Príncipe Island to get freshly caught fish. Having spent the whole night fishing, the fishermen return with bonito, barracuda, pargo, vermelho, and...
Shipping line hikes charges on Asia–W’Africa route cargoes
Punch
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June 11, 2025
Effective June 15, CMA CGM Shipping Lines will commence the collection of a $1,200 Peak Season Surcharge per twenty-foot equivalent unit of containers on West African-bound cargoes, including Nigerian cargoes coming from Asia. The company, in a...
Europe Unleashes Long-Forgotten Ocean Energy Source as 200-Year-Old Legend Sparks a New Green Power Revolution
Sustainability Times
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June 13, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌊 Europe is at the forefront of turning the ocean’s thermal energy into a viable power source. 💡 The concept of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) was first proposed in 1881 by French physicist Jacques-Arsène d’Arsonval. 🌍 OTEC...
Nigerian importers hit with $1,200 shipping surcharge on asian cargo
The Sun Nigeria
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June 11, 2025
By Steve Agbota A Shipping firm, CMA CGM, has slammed $1,200 Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) per Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (TEU), on Nigerian shippers to transport their dry cargo from Asia to ports in Apapa, Lekki and other locations across the...
Marine energy: Harnessing the power of the Atlantic
Atlantic Council
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June 10, 2025
Issue Brief June 10, 2025 • 9:02 am ET Print this page Marine energy: Harnessing the power of the Atlantic By William Yancey Brown Following a decade-long partnership, the Policy Center for the New South and the Atlantic Council have joined forces...
World News | Shakhboot Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan Meets Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe
Latestly
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June 1, 2025
Sao Tome [Sao Tome and Principe], June 1 (ANI/WAM): Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with Americo d'Oliveira dos Ramos, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, during an official visit to...
Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan meets Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe
The News Mill
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June 1, 2025
Sao Tome [Sao Tome and Principe], June 1 (ANI/WAM): Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with Americo d’Oliveira dos Ramos, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, during an official visit to...
Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan meets PM of Sao Tome and Principe
Sharjah24
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Exchange of greetings and well-wishes During the meeting, Sheikh Shakhboot conveyed the greetings of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed...
São Tomé will sign with Portugal a debt swap “for climate investment”
Portugal Pulse
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May 27, 2025
At the CPLP Energy Conference in Estoril, Américo Ramos announced that conditions are set for a debt-for-climate investment agreement with Portugal, similar to the one signed with Cape Verde. The legal and administrative steps have already been...
4 Caribbean islands face potential US visa restrictions
Virgin Islands News Online
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WASHINGTON D.C., USA- According to a leaked United States (US) State Department memo, four Caribbean islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia, are being considered for travel restrictions as part of the US'...
US May Ban Entry to Citizens of 36 More States: Rubio Memo
Asia Financial
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June 16, 2025
The Trump administration is considering scaling up its travel restrictions and could potentially ban citizens from 36 more countries from entering the United States – including two more from Asia: Cambodia and Bhutan. Earlier this month, the...
Collaboration Among China, Europe and Africa Can Power Africa’s Energy Transition
World Resources Institute
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As the climate crisis intensifies, transitioning to sustainable energy has emerged as a pivotal focus of global efforts. Outdated and fragile energy systems impede countries and regions from increasing energy access and affordability, improving...
The power of islands: offshore Africa enters a new energy era
African Business
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May 30, 2025
Scattered around the fringes of the continent, Africa’s small island countries are notable for their diversity. Some – such as Mauritius, a hub for financial services, and Cabo Verde, a tourist hotspot – are relatively wealthy. Others, like...
Australian neighbours in possible new 36-nation US travel ban, but America-bound Aussie travel grows
KARRYON
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June 16, 2025
The memo, seen by The Washington Post, shows the new restrictions would apply to 25 African nations, including Egypt, as well as numerous countries in the Caribbean and Central Asia. Multiple Pacific Island nations also feature in the list,...
CPLP Energy Conference begins this Tuesday in Estoril
Portugal Pulse
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May 27, 2025
The first conference took place a decade ago in Timor-Leste. The conference begins a day following the III Energy Ministers Meeting, where the need to strengthen energy cooperation among the nine member states of the Community of Portuguese...
OPEC Fund Development Forum 2025: A Global Call for Inclusive Growth, Equitable Transition and ...
Business Ghana
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The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) (www.OPECFund.org) will convene global leaders, policymakers and innovators for its fourth Development Forum on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Vienna, Austria, under the theme A Transition...
How A 48-Country Travel Ban Could Suppress U.S. Tourism In A World Cup Year
Forbes
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Topline As the Trump administration considers significantly expanding the travel ban to more than four dozen countries, World Cup host cities in the United States that were banking on filling half their stadiums and hotels with foreign visitors...
PALOPs should take advantage of the advantages and think regionally, argues Sérgio Pimenta
Ver Angola
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In an interview with Lusa on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the independence of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa, which is being celebrated this year, Sérgio Pimenta said that the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)...
US mulls travel ban, Gonzales warns region about selling passports
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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June 16, 2025
News Sean Douglas 4 Hrs Ago US President Donald Trump, front, at a business meeting and roundtable at Qasr Al Watan, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on May 16. At right is Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan....
ICC-IMB: World-Wide incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships report from Jan to Mar 2025
MaritimeCyprus
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June 12, 2025
(www.MaritimeCyprus.com) The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed a rise in global piracy and armed robbery incidents in the first quarter of 2025 – driven by a spike of incidents in the Singapore Straits. A total of 45 cases of...