AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoSADC Summit Watch: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to take over the SADC chair as leaders meet in Durban, with migration, trade, critical minerals, industrialisation and security on the agenda, while Durban’s ICC is under tight security ahead of the 46th Ordinary Summit. Migration Push: Pretoria is pressing SADC members to ratify the long-stalled Protocol on the Facilitation of Movement of Persons, but Zimbabwe and Mozambique are resisting making migration a stand-alone summit item, turning it into an early test of South Africa’s influence. Madagascar Energy Supply: Madagascar received the first major diesel shipment for JIRAMA—67 million litres arriving at Toamasina—aimed at keeping power plants running and ending a private import monopoly. Biodiversity Funding: Madagascar’s golden-crowned sifaka has been named among 100 critically endangered species chosen for recovery under the $200m Phoenix Species Project, with local NGOs set to reconnect fragmented forests in northern dry regions. Oil Storage Dispute: Companies including TotalEnergies warned Madagascar’s requisition of the Galana oil-storage facility could disrupt tanker unloading and affect nationwide fuel distribution.
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