Faith & Culture Tourism: Pope Leo XIV’s African tour is already reshaping how Catholics plan “faith tourism,” with countries looking to revive pilgrimage routes, heritage churches, and missionary trails after his April visit to Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea. Human Rights Watch: A UN rights group says Equatorial Guinea must release lawyer-activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang, calling his detention arbitrary after he was seized for “demanding justice.” Deportation Deal Fallout: Reports describe Equatorial Guinea’s Bamy Hotel being used as a holding site under a $7.5m US deal, where asylum seekers deported from the US are pressured to leave and some are sent back to places where they fear danger. Education & Exchange: Equatorial Guinea’s University of Tifariti joined the second Bridge to Africa program at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, aiming to strengthen university cooperation across research, environment, education, diplomacy, and rights. Community & Identity: “Peoples of Africa” festival events in Caracas highlighted African cultural diversity through dance, music, crafts, gastronomy, and traditional costumes, with Equatoguinean visitors linking the theme to shared oral traditions and heritage. Media Recognition: The Witness Newspaper’s Enyeh Julius Akpovire is set to receive an African Media Personality Award in London, spotlighting journalism and public discourse. Environment & Food Culture: A new Central Africa study including Equatorial Guinea links rising wild-meat consumption to urban demand and warns that many wild species are at extinction risk.