AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoFlood Resilience Boost: The Caribbean Development Bank and the EU just approved a US$698,700 grant to strengthen Suriname’s flood early warning systems, aiming to upgrade monitoring, forecasting, and inter-agency coordination so warnings reach communities faster and in a usable way. Debt Pressure Spotlight: At the Africa Forward Summit, unions and civil society warned that external debt payments are crowding out climate and development spending, with France’s role in the debt architecture coming under fresh scrutiny. Regional Security & Cooperation: In Suriname, the South Dakota National Guard and Suriname Armed Forces expanded their jungle warfare partnership, focusing on command-and-control and engineering support. Connectivity for the Future: Telesur is set to join the EllaLink Caribbean Gateway, giving Suriname a more diverse fibre-optic route to major data hubs. Health Watch: Across the region, CARPHA is pushing mosquito source reduction as rainy-season disease risk rises.
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