AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoDeportation Detention in Malabo: A report says Equatorial Guinea’s Bamy Hotel has been used as a prison for U.S.-deported asylum seekers under a reported $7.5m deal, with at least 32 people held since November and many pressured to return to places where they fear danger. Maritime Justice for Seafarers: The UN’s International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea awarded the Marshall Islands over $14m after Equatorial Guinea’s 2022 detention of the tanker Heroic Idun and its crew, including compensation for mistreatment. Arbitrary Detention Call: A UN human rights group says lawyer-activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang is being held arbitrarily in Equatorial Guinea and must be released. Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology: Ghana welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s apology for the Church’s role in slavery, with the encyclical describing it as a “wound in Christian memory.” Africa in Focus: Cultural and academic exchange events highlighted Equatorial Guinea’s presence abroad, including “Peoples of Africa” in Caracas and the “Bridge to Africa” program at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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