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Bata
Coverage of Bata in the Nexus archive.
- Pope visiting Equatorial Guinea prison in spotlight after US migrant deportations
Pope Leo XIV is visiting a prison in Equatorial Guinea, highlighting longstanding human rights abuses amid U.S. deportations of third-country migrants to the country. The visit underscores concerns over judicial corruption, torture, and poor prison conditions under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has been in power since 1979.