What to Know About Ghana's Deportations Controversy

Welcome to Foreign Policy's Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Ghana faces increased scrutiny over its handling of third-country deportations from the United States, Guineans vote on a new draft constitution, and the criminal trial of South Sudanese First Vice President Riek Machar begins. Inside Ghana's Deportations Controversy Over the weekend, 11 West African migrants who had been sent to Ghana by the United States were deported again—some to their home countries, where they fear for their safety. The migrants were suing the Ghanaian government for unlawful detainment at the time of their deportation. Their lawyer, Oliver Barker-Vormawo, told a…