AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoDeportations at the airport: Sierra Leone received its latest batch of US-expelled migrants on Wednesday—nine people from Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea and Senegal—after officials agreed to take up to 300 a year under ECOWAS rules, with authorities saying many were “traumatised” after months in detention and will be housed in a hotel before returning home within two weeks. US pressure and opaque deals: The wider pattern continues across the region, with reporting this week pointing to secretive US-linked arrangements and legal doubts over how third-country deportations are handled. Maritime security push: Nigeria doubled down on its Deep Blue Project, graduating 492 combat-trained personnel and again claiming zero piracy in its territorial waters for four years, while planning expansion to corridors including Bakassi. Taiwan–Africa diplomacy row: Eswatini’s role in Taiwan-related manoeuvres stayed in the spotlight as China and Taiwan traded accusations, with one-China messaging framed as a global South sovereignty issue. Regional trade friction: Botswana’s agricultural import bans remain a flashpoint inside SACU, with critics arguing they undermine the customs union’s spirit.
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