Ghana to House Ex-Guantanamo Prisoners

 

The Ghanaian government has accepted to provide residence to some discharged prisoners of the Guantanamo Bay prison establishment.

The decision, according to a statement signed in the capital, Accra by Ghana’s foreign affairs minister Hanna Tetteh , is being taken at the request of the US government.

Both from Yemen, Mahmud Umar Muhammad bin Atef, 36, and Khalid Muhammad Salih al-Dhuby, 38, will settle in Ghana for two years, Tetteh’s statement said.

Similarly, the West African country’s government has also agreed to provide shelter to some displaced persons from Rwanda, Yemen and Syria, all being requests made from international partners.

"We have decided to respond to the request of the tribunal and have indicated our readiness to take two of such persons and give them residence in Ghana."

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Source: Africanews.