Guantanamo prisoners transferred to Ghana
Two Yemeni detainees that were being held at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been transferred to Ghana.
The Pentagon said that the detainees, Khalid al-Dhuby and Mahmoud Omar, had been approved for release since 2006 and 2009 respectively.
Both of them have been held for more than a decade and have been charged.
Ghana gave permission for the two to stay for two years, subject to security clearances, Foreign Minister Hanna Tetteh said.
The West African nation has never taken any Guantanamo prisoners previously.
The prison was set up following the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US to detain what Washington called “enemy combatants”.
Dozens of countries have received former Guantanamo Bay detainees, including other African states such as Uganda and Cape Verde.
A total of 780 men have been held in Guantanamo since 2002, a vast majority without charge or criminal trial.
The US navy base now has 105 detainees, nearly 50 of whom have been cleared for release.