AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoStarlink in Equatorial Guinea: SpaceX says it has launched satellite broadband services in Equatorial Guinea, with service maps now showing coverage after provisional approval from Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue on 29 July. Deportations to “third countries”: A CBS News report says the Trump administration expanded secret “third-country” deportations, sending more than 100 people from Afghanistan, Cuba, Nicaragua and other places to countries including Equatorial Guinea, with internal documents naming flights to Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Liberia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. ICE detention backlash: The U.S. DHS hit back at a New York Times report alleging beatings and degrading conditions for deportees sent to Liberia and Equatorial Guinea, calling it “garbage” and denying abuse. Congo Basin farming push: Congo Basin countries adopted the Yaounde Declaration 2026 to scale agroecology, aiming to direct at least 30% of relevant food-system budgets toward approaches that boost output while protecting forests and biodiversity, with Equatorial Guinea among participants. Tobacco trade snapshot: WHO data for 2024 lists Equatorial Guinea among major tobacco leaf importers, taking about 5.02% of Africa’s total.
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