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Sierra Leone to take in hundreds of West Africans deported by US, minister says

Minister of Foreign Affairs Timothy Kabba, pictured at an Ecowas meeting in Abuja in December 2025, has said Sierra Leone will take in hundreds of West African migrants deported from the US. AFP - LIGHT ORIYE TAMUNOTONYE

Sierra Leone has agreed to take in hundreds of West African migrants who are being deported by the United States, its foreign minister has said – the latest deal as part of the ​Trump administration's bid to accelerate removals.

The first flight of so-called third-country deportees will arrive in ⁠Sierra Leone on 20 May transporting 25 nationals from Senegal, Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria, Foreign Minister Timothy Kabba told Reuters.

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