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Tobi Raji @tobiaraji.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My final story for The Washington Post is about the first third country deportation flight from the U.S. to Ghana. I spoke to two people who were on that Sept. 5-6 flight, including a woman from Togo who fled the country in 2024 to escape female genital mutilation. wapo.st/4dvSWHn

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She fled genital mutilation in Togo. The U.S. deported her.

A judge ruled that the woman should not be deported there, so the Trump administration sent her to Ghana — which returned her to Togo.

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

To stop alleged drug-smuggling vessels, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wants to give the Trump administration the authority to issue letters of marque to privateers — licenses for PIRATES IN THE CARIBBEAN @tobiaraji.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

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To stop drug boats, GOP lawmakers want to license privateers

A bill introduced Thursday looks to revive a presidential power from the age of sail, by which Trump could issue letters of marque authorizing private raids at sea.

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Ex-DEA agent who worked on the case against former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez calls his release "devastating": “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

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Former Honduras president, convicted of trafficking, freed on Trump pardon

A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”

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Tobi Raji @tobiaraji.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

One million Syrians have returned to the country since President Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December after a quarter century in power, @unhcr.org said last week. Many come from neighboring Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, with a majority resettling in the capital, Damascus.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Feel like this needs a spotlight: employees were told that the shooting at CDC, which left an officer dead and buildings riddled with bullets, was targeted at agency, @lenasun.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and @tobiaraji.bsky.social report Years of anti-CDC rhetoric has consequences

Monarez did not provide any additional information about the suspect's motives during the call. However, a briefing some CDC employees received Saturday from senior agency leaders said the gunman left a note, according to one employee who attended.
"We were told very clearly that this was targeted, directed at CDC," the employee said. "But we were also told that this was an isolated event."
There has been speculation among CDC employees that officials may have known about possible threats. When Monarez was at the CDC this week - her first week on the job - she was accompanied at all times by armed security guards, the employee said.

During Monarez's call with staff Saturday, another CDC senior leader, Daniel Jernigan, who heads the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, or NCEZID, estimated there were about 40 bullet holes in CDC buildings on campus.
He did not mean it as a complete account, but rather an indication that "it will take a bit before the buildings are 'fixed' again," said an employee who listened to the call and, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to share sensitive information.
The shooting was "way worse than what was initially reported," the employee said, adding that gunfire continued for about 15 minutes and that "it's a miracle more people weren't hit."

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