Ghana Becomes Fifth African Nation to Take in U.S. Deportees

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama confirmed on Thursday that his country had started receiving West Africans expelled from the United States.

Mahama said 14 deportees – among them Nigerians and one Gambian – had arrived in Ghana before being sent on to their home countries.

“We were approached by the US to accept third-party nationals who were being removed from the US and we agreed with them that West African nationals were acceptable because all our fellow West Africans don’t need a visa…