AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoTogo–Health Diplomacy: Lomé hosted a four-day WHO-backed learning gathering where 26 West and Central African countries pledged to expand rights-based mental health care, push community services, and better include people with lived experience in policy. Togo–Local Development: Togo’s Ministry of Territorial Administration began talks with the African Union on cooperation for local development, including capacity building, peace and security, and economic empowerment for women and youth. Togo–Industry Leadership: SNPT chief Abalo Michel Kezie outlined efforts to modernize Togo’s phosphate sector with equipment renewal, more local value creation, and sustainable mining and processing. Togo–Cotton Governance: Nana Adam Nanfamé, long-time cotton sector leader, was profiled as chairman of NSCT’s board, highlighting reforms and modernization across Togo’s cotton value chain. Regional Power Talks: DRC and Tanzania resumed talks on a proposed 400-kilovolt power link, weighing three connection options and two grid-routing scenarios. Security in the Region: Benue State (Nigeria) reported an intelligence-led operation that killed two suspected terrorists and rescued three kidnapped victims. Cross-border Trade & Customs: Benin and Nigeria concluded an eight-day geospatial-intelligence customs operation that produced 37 seizures along the border corridor. Climate Risk: A new study warns that human-driven climate change worsened flooding across coastal West Africa, with impacts likely to ripple into food security and water-borne disease risk.
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