Reparatory Justice Push: Ghana’s Next Steps conference on UN Resolution A/RES/80/250 is gathering leaders from 80+ countries, with President John Dramani Mahama urging practical action beyond symbolism and announcing three global panels: advisory on reparatory justice, an expert panel for restitution of cultural artefacts, and a legal panel for pathways to redress. Reparations Demands: African and Caribbean states are calling for formal apologies tied to transatlantic slavery, alongside debt relief, a Global Reparations Fund, compensation, climate justice financing, and restitution of looted property and ancestral remains. São Tomé in the Spotlight: São Tomé and Príncipe is named among countries where Russia plans “Russian Houses” to expand influence, with Ukraine alleging youth-targeted messaging and recruitment efforts coordinated via Rossotrudnichestvo. Ocean & Trade Environment: West African states are pushing to include the Eastern Atlantic (covering Cape Verde/Senegal to Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe) in the first wave of marine protected areas under the high seas treaty, aiming to protect key migration routes and marine nurseries. Currency Watch: A report flags São Tomé and Príncipe’s dobra among Africa’s weakest currencies versus the US dollar, reflecting import dependence and external pressures.