AGP Executive Report
Last update: 21 hours agoHuman Rights Watch & UN pressure on Equatorial Guinea: A UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says lawyer-activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang is being held arbitrarily and must be released, after he was seized in 2024 and reportedly hidden in a remote maximum-security prison. US deportation deal spotlight: An Associated Press investigation describes Equatorial Guinea’s Bamy Hotel being used as a holding site for asylum seekers deported from the United States under an opaque $7.5m arrangement, with dozens reportedly sent to countries where they fear danger. Maritime accountability: The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea awarded the Marshall Islands over $14m in compensation tied to Equatorial Guinea’s 2022 detention of the tanker Heroic Idun and mistreatment of crew. Oil & gas update: UK-listed Europa Oil & Gas says its EG-08 farm-out completion is still pending overseas direct investment approval, keeping drilling plans for Barracuda-1 aimed at early 2027. Regional security cooperation: Russia says it will set up regular security-service contacts with Equatorial Guinea, as part of broader International Security Forum engagement.
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