AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoHuman Rights Watch: A UN working group says Equatorial Guinea must release lawyer-activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang, calling his detention arbitrary after he was seized in 2024 and held in a remote maximum-security prison. US Deportation Deal Scrutiny: Reports say Malabo has used the family-owned Bamy Hotel as a holding site for asylum seekers deported from the United States under a $7.5m arrangement, with dozens detained and many pressured to return to places where they fear harm. Maritime Justice: The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea awarded the Marshall Islands over $14m in compensation over Equatorial Guinea’s 2022 detention of the VLCC Heroic Idun and mistreatment of crew. Energy Update: UK-listed Europa Oil & Gas says a farm-out tied to Equatorial Guinea’s EG-08 is one approval away, with drilling of the Barracuda-1 well expected in early 2027. Regional Finance: BEAC opened a liquidity injection for CEMAC banks, offering CFA500bn to Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad and the Central African Republic.
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