Let’s “facilitate” Participation in Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year: Catholic Bishops in Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe

Pope Francis announced the start of a Year of Prayer on 21 January 2024 in preparation for the Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year, the second in his Pontificate after the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in 2015. He said that the 2025 Jubilee Year will be...

São Tomé and Príncipe: President fires Prime Minister and government

São Tomé and Príncipe's President, Carlos Vila Nova, has fired the country's Prime Minister, Patrice Emery Trovoada, and the government. The move was announced in a statement published by the presidency on Monday. Explaining the reasoning behind...

Sao Tome: Government dismissal necessary, long overdue – opposition

The Basta Movement, one of the opposition parties in Sao Tome and Principe, on Tuesday called the dismissal of the government a “necessary and long overdue measure”, and is waiting for a new prime minister who is “equal to the country’s...

Casa dos Ventos granted approval to construct TikTok backed 300MW data center in Brazil - report

Brazilian renewable developer Casa dos Ventos has been granted regulatory approval to develop a 300MW data center in northeast Brazil. According to Reuters, the company had been in discussions with ByteDance, the Chinese partner company of TikTok,...

São Tomé and Príncipe government dismissed by president

The African island nation's leader accused his prime minister of excessive absences, and gave his party 72 hours to form a new administration. The president of São Tomé and Príncipe, Carlos Vila Nova, has fired his country's government and its...

Mahama, São Tomé Leader Strengthen Ties in Accra Oil Talks

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama hosted São Tomé and Príncipe’s President Carlos Manuel Vila Nova in Accra on Saturday for high-level bilateral talks aimed at deepening cooperation between the two nations, particularly in the oil and gas...

The power of islands: offshore Africa enters a new energy era

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...

Projects in ex-colonies should count toward EU climate goal, Portugal says

Portuguese Environment Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho said the country should also get credit for planet-warming emission cuts that result from Portugal’s investments in renewable energy projects in Cabo Verde or São Tomé and Príncipe — the...

The 2025 Healthcare Workforce Management Report

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AfDB projects $39.84 billion decline in foreign funding to Africa by 2025 amid aid cuts 

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has projected a $39.84 billion decline in total foreign funding to Africa in 2025, largely driven by cuts in Official Development Assistance (ODA) from major donor countries. The outlook, published in the...

Sao Tome: 2024 ‘difficult’; president wants more pro-active, visible government

The president of São Tomé and Príncipe has called for “more responsible and more present governance”, saying that the challenges of previous years remain “almost all unresolved” and the people faced “significant difficulties” in 2024, which was a...

João Lourenço: Africa wants to be a strategic actor and offer solutions to itself and the world

The chef of State spoke as president in the exercise of the African Union (AU), through a pre-recorded video that was broadcast during the commemoration of Africa Day, on May 25, by African ambassadors in Portugal in Taguspark, in the municipality...

Africa dominates cocoa production but earns less than 5% of global profits

Despite being the world’s largest producer of cocoa, Africa is yet to fully capitalize on its position in the global cocoa industry. Producing around 70% of the world’s cocoa, the continent astonishingly earns less than five percent of the profits...

Today’s CAF World Cup Qualifiers Fixtures & Previews

Chad welcomes Black Stars in Group I Chad will welcome Ghana to the Stade Olympique Marechal Idriss Deby Itno on Thursday in the seventh round of CAF’s World Cup qualifiers, with the two sides sitting at opposite ends of Group I. The Black Stars...

UNECA, UNCTAD Convene Regional Dialogue to Boost Climate Financing for African SIDS 

Addis Ababa, May 27, 2025 (ENA) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) opened a high-level regional dialogue aimed at enhancing access to external financing...

Top 10 African countries with the weakest currencies in May 2025

A weak currency has far-reaching consequences for a country's economic stability, investor confidence, and citizen well-being, beyond just exchange rates. Zimbabwe's introduction of the gold-backed ZiG currency in April 2024 aimed to stabilize its...

Liberia Battles Tunisia Today in World Cup Qualifiers

Monrovia – The Lone Star of Liberia will be in action this evening as they go head-to-head with the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in a crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier at the Hammadi Agrebi Stadium in Rades. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m....

Namibia vs Malawi Prediction and Betting Tips | 5th September 2025

Namibia host Malawi at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium in neutral Botswana on Friday for a clash in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Ranked 108th in the world, the Brave Warriors have won and drawn thrice each from six games thus far to accrue...

São Tomé and Príncipe: President fires Prime Minister and government

AU’s borderless Africa: Much talk, less action

African countries under the umbrella of the African Union (AU) since 2018 have been mouthing what to do about continental integration and economic growth. But they keep forgetting how to really get their people and trade moving across borders...