Ivory Coast rejects US plan to deport non-citizens to African nations

The Government of Côte d’Ivoire has formally declined a proposal from the United States to accept deportees currently being expelled from American soil, even when they do not hold Ivorian nationality. This decision was confirmed following recent high-level diplomatic discussions in Abidjan as part of a broader U.S. initiative under the Trump administration to expand deportations to so-called

By Kadi Alhassane — Senior correspondent