Ghana Accused of Expelling Fulani Asylum Seekers From Burkina Faso

Zebilla, Ghana — ‘We know we are not wanted in Ghana, but they will kill us in Burkina Faso.’

While Ghana has welcomed thousands of Burkinabé refugees fleeing escalating jihadist violence across the border, Fulani rights groups allege that it has also been expelling ethnic Fulani asylum seekers, targeting a community unfairly accused of supporting the insurgency.

Belko Diallo*, a 45-year-old former herder, is one of thousands of Burkinabé Fulani that the Ghanaian authorities have failed to…