ECOWAS Court Challenge: Lawyers have filed a case at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over Ghana’s role in US “third-country” deportations, alleging Ghana facilitated removals to places where deportees face persecution or torture; the complaint covers 27 people and follows reports of at least 60 deported to Ghana since September 2025, with some allegedly sent on to Togo without documents, while the plaintiffs seek compensation of at least $100,000 per person. Malabo Diplomacy Link: The suit lands as Equatorial Guinea’s Malabo Declaration is cited in regional governance messaging, with OACPS leaders stressing implementation and stronger coordination after the 11th Malabo summit. Equatorial Guinea–France Tension: Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue warned Malabo may take “proportional responses,” including expelling French diplomats, over an alleged illegal sale/auction of Equatorial Guinea’s Paris diplomatic premises. Security & Human Trafficking: An Equatorial Guinea man recruited for “bodyguard” training in Russia has returned after being transferred to a Russian base in Donetsk, highlighting promised crackdowns on trafficking networks. Diplomatic Footprint: Belarus says it will close its embassy in Equatorial Guinea on July 1, citing a Council of Ministers resolution. Regional Energy/Trade: AfCFTA and Gabon signed an implementation partnership aimed at turning the Nkok Special Economic Zone into a trade engine across Africa.