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Deportees Claim Ghana Secretly Abandoned Them in Togo

Ramar Tee

A Nigerian man deported from the United States has told the BBC that he is stranded in a hotel in Togo after Ghanaian authorities allegedly transferred him and five others into the country without notice. According to his account, the group had been promised better accommodation after being housed at a military camp in Ghana, but were instead left across the border in Togo. The BBC has reached out to Ghana’s government for a response. The man, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons, said Ghanaian officers escorted them…

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Ghana receives 14 West Africans deported from US

Ramar Tee

President John Mahama has confirmed that Ghana has received the first batch of West African nationals deported from the United States after an agreement between the two countries. Speaking at the Presidential Media Encounter at Jubilee House on Wednesday, September 10, the President revealed that initial 14 individuals have already been received, most of whom were Nigerians, with one Gambian national. “We were approached by the US to accept third-party nationals who were being removed from the US, and then we agreed with them that West African nationals were acceptable,…

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