AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoEnergy & Investment: Kosmos Energy has completed the sale of its non-operating interests in offshore Equatorial Guinea assets to Panoro Energy, including the Ceiba field and Okume Complex in Block G, with Kosmos receiving a final $127 million cash payment plus possible contingent payouts tied to production and oil-price targets. Public Health & Regional Response: Angola has pledged $5 million to the African CDC and urged partners to fund the WHO-and-Africa CDC-led Joint Preparedness and Response Plan for the DRC/ Uganda Ebola outbreak, while Zimbabwe’s president also called for sustained investment in health systems, research, innovation, and local medical manufacturing. Disease Control Milestone: Kenya was validated by the WHO as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (“sleeping sickness”) as a public health problem, marking the 10th African country to reach the goal. Science & Discovery: A Nigerian biologist has rediscovered the short-tailed roundleaf bat (Hipposideros curtus) in the Afi mountain wildlife sanctuary, after it was last recorded in the wild in the 1970s. Policy & Governance (Context): Equatorial Guinea’s government resignation was reported as part of a reorganization, with the vice president citing performance below 10% of objectives.
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