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Last update: 4 hours agoFree Movement Pressure: A new Mo Ibrahim Foundation report says Africa’s mobility plans are stuck: only four of 55 countries have ratified the AU’s 2018 Free Movement of Persons Protocol, and São Tomé and Príncipe is named among the few that have formally committed—yet the wider ratification gap keeps travel inside Africa harder than it should be. Travel Reality Check: The same report highlights the cost of fragmentation, including billions lost each year to currency conversion and the knock-on effect on trade and migration. Local Tourism Tie-In: In a lighter note for the region’s brand, a Scottish chocolatier’s top international awards explicitly credit a São Tomé single-origin cocoa and fresh Scottish cream—another reminder that São Tomé’s ingredients keep showing up on global menus. Background Watch: Passport ranking stories elsewhere this week (Oman improving, Pakistan slipping) underline how quickly travel access can shift country by country.
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