Editing Foreign relations of Ghana (section)

===Africa===
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|{{flag|Burkina Faso}}||{{dts|12 June 1961}}||See [[Burkina Faso–Ghana relations]]
With the coming to power of [[Thomas Sankara]] in Burkina Faso in 1983, relations between Ghana and Burkina became both warm and close. Indeed, [[Jerry Rawlings|Rawlings]] and Sankara began discussions about uniting Ghana and Burkina in the manner of the defunct [[Ghana-Guinea-Mali Union]], which Nkrumah had sought unsuccessfully to promote as a foundation for his dream of unified continental government. Political and economic ties between Ghana and Burkina, a poorer country, were strengthened through joint commissions of cooperation and through border demarcation committee meetings. Frequent high-level consultations and joint military exercises, meant to discourage potential dissidents and to protect young "revolutions" in each country, were fairly regular features of Ghana-Burkina relations.<ref name="cs3">Owusu, Maxwell. "Burkina". ''A Country Study: Ghana'' (La Verle Berry, editor). [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (November 1994). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/about.html]''</ref>
* Burkina Faso has an embassy in Accra.
* Ghana has an embassy in [[Ouagadougou]].
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|{{flag|Guinea}}||1958||

* Guinea has an embassy in Accra, which was opened in 1958.<ref name="books.google.com"/>
* Ghana has an embassy in [[Conakry]] which is also accredited to [[Guinea-Bissau]].<ref name=GhanaEmb-Conakry>{{Cite web |title=Embassy of the Republic of Ghana - Conakry, Guinea |url=https://www.ghanaembassy-guinea.com/ |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}||15 March 1961||See [[Ivory Coast–Ghana relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 March 1961.<ref name="news.abidjan.net"/>

Ghana-Ivory Coast relations suffered from the same ups and downs that characterised Ghana-Togo relations. In early 1984, the PNDC government complained that Ivory Coast was allowing Ghanaian dissidents to use its territory as a base from which to carry out acts of [[sabotage]] against Ghana.  Ghana also accused Ivory Coast of granting [[Right of asylum|asylum]] to political agitators wanted for crimes in Ghana. Relations between Ghana and Ivory Coast improved significantly, however, after 1988.  In 1989, after fifteen years of no progress, the Ghana-Ivory Coast border re-demarcation commission finally agreed on the definition of the 640-kilometer border between the two countries. The PNDC thereafter worked to improve the [[transportation]] and [[communication]] links with both Ivory Coast and Togo, despite problems with both countries.<ref name="cs4">Owusu, Maxwell. "Relations with Immediate African Neighbours". ''A Country Study: Ghana'' (La Verle Berry, editor). [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (November 1994). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/about.html]''</ref>
* Ghana has an embassy in [[Abidjan]].
* Ivory Coast has an embassy in Accra.
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|{{flag|Kenya}}||16 December 1963||See [[Ghana–Kenya relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 December 1963.

* Ghana has a high commission in [[Nairobi]].
* Kenya has a high commission in Accra.
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|{{flag|Nigeria}}||1 October 1960||See [[Ghana–Nigeria relations]]
Ghana set up a commission in 1959 when Nigeria was still a dependent territory. This was elevated to High Commission status on the attainment of Nigeria's independence on 1 October 1960<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dei-Anang |first=Michael |title=The Administration of Ghana's Foreign Relations, 1957-1965 A Personal Memoir |publisher=University of London, The Athlone Press published for the Institute of Commonwealth Studies |year=1975 |pages=76}}</ref>

Despite close cultural ties, diplomatic relations between the two countries have in many instances been volatile. After the takeover in November 1993 by General [[Sani Abacha]] as the new Nigerian head of state, Ghana and Nigeria continued to consult on economic, political, and security issues affecting the two countries and West Africa as a whole.  Between early August 1994 when Rawlings became ECOWAS chairman and the end of the following October, the Ghanaian president visited Nigeria three times to discuss the peace process in Liberia and measures to restore democracy in that country.<ref name=cs/>
* Ghana has a high commission in [[Abuja]] and a consulate-general in [[Lagos]].
* Nigeria has a high commission in Accra.
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|{{flag|South Africa}}||6 May 1994||See [[Ghana–South Africa relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 May 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transition (1990 - 1994) - Chronologies: 1994 |url=https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/site/q/03lv02039/04lv02040/05lv02045.htm |access-date=11 June 2023 |website=omalley.nelsonmandela.org}}</ref>

[[File:Ghanan High Commission in Pretoria.JPG|right|thumb|240px|High Commission of Ghana in [[Pretoria]]]]
* Ghana has a high commission in [[Pretoria]].
* South Africa has a high commission in Accra.
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|{{flag|Togo}}||21 January 1963||See [[Ghana–Togo relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 January 1963.<ref name="Africa Diary Volume 3"/>

The strains in Ghana-Togo relations stretch back to pre-independence days. After 1918, following the defeat of Germany, the [[League of Nations]] divided the German colony of [[Togoland]] from north to south, a decision that divided the Ewe people among the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], [[British Togoland]], and [[French Togoland]]. After 1945, the [[United Nations]] took over the Togoland mandates.  During the 1950s, when the independence of Ghana was in sight, demands grew for a separate Ewe state, an idea that [[Kwame Nkrumah]], leader of the Gold Coast independence movement, opposed.  Following a UN plebiscite in May 1956, in which a majority of the Ewe voted for union with Ghana, British Togoland became part of the Gold Coast.<ref name=cs/><ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4273845.stm|title=Impressions of Togo after the 'coup'|date=18 February 2005|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>  After Togolese independence in 1960, relations between Togo and Ghana deteriorated, aggravated by political differences and incidents such as [[smuggling]] across their common border. At times, relations have verged on open aggression.<ref name=cs4/> The result of the transfer of Togoland to Ghana has meant that many Togolese keep one foot on either side of the border, living in Ghana by night and working in the markets of the capital, [[Lomé]], by day.<ref name="bbc"/>
* Ghana has an embassy in [[Lomé]].
* Togo has an embassy in Accra.
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