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West Africans Deported By US To Ghana Sue Over Detention

Ghanaian President John Mahama revealed last week his government had struck a deal with the United States to accept deportees from west Africa (Credit: AFP)

A group of west Africans deported from the United States have sued the government of Ghana, alleging they were sent to the country despite having deportation protection orders from US immigration authorities.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a Ghanaian court on behalf of 11 deportees from Nigeria, Togo, Gambia, Liberia and Mali, said they have been held without charge since their arrival and without proper access to legal representation.

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