AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoPresidential Race Watch: São Tomé and Príncipe heads to a presidential vote on Sunday (19 July) with parliamentary elections due end-September, as the campaign enters its final stretch and the Constitutional Court validated five candidates, leaving one bid rejected over constitutional criteria; the registered electorate is 142,298, including a large diaspora vote. Election Oversight: Angola’s CNE chief leads a ROJAE-CPLP observer mission in São Tomé and Príncipe, meeting candidates and civil society and monitoring polling, results transmission, and media access ahead of the vote. Geopolitics & Security: With growing attention on the country’s 2024 military cooperation deal with Russia, analysts frame the key question as whether Moscow seeks South Atlantic influence or whether São Tomé and Príncipe is simply maintaining its long-standing multi-partner foreign policy. Energy Policy: São Tomé and Príncipe reportedly rejected all bids in its latest offshore licensing round for blocks 7, 8 and 9, citing insufficient operator diversity, after only Petrobras and Oranto submitted offers.
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