West Africa

A man deported from the United States to Liberia under the Trump administration's expanded deportation policy says he had never heard of the West African country before being sent there. The remark, in a Channel 4 News interview, has drawn attention to the US practice of removing migrants to third countries in Africa, prompting debate over the legality and human cost of deportations to nations with no connection to those being removed.

A study led by the conservation group Oceana concludes that more equitable fishing access agreements could help tackle malnutrition in West Africa. The findings suggest that how foreign fishing rights are negotiated shapes how much fish remains available to local communities, whose diets depend heavily on seafood. The report is drawing attention among food security and fisheries policy observers.

Amazon is weighing Ghana as a location for expanding broadband internet access across Africa, according to MyJoyOnline. The potential move would bring improved connectivity to the West African nation and could signal broader investment in the continent's digital infrastructure, drawing attention from people following Africa's tech and telecoms developments.

Five one-day international centuries were recorded in a single day of cricket. Tom Banton reached three figures for England, David Miller scored a hundred for South Africa, and Justin Greaves did so for the West Indies. In India's match, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill both added centuries, making it an unusually prolific day for ODI batting worldwide.