Diaspora News, Monday 18 September 2017

208 returnees from Benin expected this week

Some 208 more Ghanaian returnees from the Benin Republic are expected to arrive in the country this week. It follows the return of over 100 men, women and children to Ghana on Friday, 15 September 2017, after the Benin government evicted them from their coastal neighbourhood to make way for the construction of a harbour. Affected Ghanaians were originally scheduled >> more

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