Ghana: West Africans Deported By U.S. Sue Ghana for ‘Unlawful Detention’

A group of West African nationals deported from the United States to Ghana earlier this month have filed a lawsuit against the Ghanaian government for unlawful detention. Lawyers representing the deportees report they are still being held in a military camp near Accra, even though there are no formal charges against them and the authorities say they are being returned to their home countries.

Fourteen people from various countries in West Africa landed in Ghana on 6 September, after the…