AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoDeportation Deal Under Scrutiny: Eswatini has detained US deportees in a prison south of Mbabane, with lawyers challenging the US-Africa arrangement after reports of poor conditions; two detainees have already been released and repatriated, while Washington has paid Eswatini about $5.1m for hosting up to 160 people. Regional Spillover: Sierra Leone has now joined the growing list of African destinations, receiving nine deportees from the US and agreeing to take up to 300 a year from ECOWAS states, with US support reported at $1.5m. Health Watch: WHO says coronavirus cases are stabilizing in parts of the Middle East, but 13 countries have reported new, more contagious variants. Equatorial Guinea Angle: Amid the wider Africa news flow, Equatorial Guinea’s latest diplomatic push includes a Russia nuclear-energy cooperation memorandum and continued defense talks—while local prison-release rumours about Baltasar Ebang Engonga are being denied as false.
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