Ghana and Burkina Faso Seal Seven Bilateral Agreements After High-Level Talks

Ghana and Burkina Faso have signed seven bilateral agreements following high-level talks aimed at strengthening security, cross-border cooperation, and disaster management.

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, described his two-day visit to Burkina Faso as productive and forward-looking after meetings with Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo and Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré.

Both countries reaffirmed their strong diplomatic ties and agreed to deepen cooperation, particularly in tackling terrorism and violent extremism amid rising insecurity in the sub-region. They are also committed to developing a new joint security framework to prevent cross-border threats.

In addition, the two nations established a renewed partnership on disaster management, with special attention to the recurring spillage of the Bagré Dam in Burkina Faso, which frequently causes flooding in northern Ghana.

A major outcome of the visit was the reactivation of the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation, dormant for six years, following earlier engagements between President John Mahama and Burkina Faso’s leader, Ibrahim Traoré.

The seven signed agreements cover mutual recognition of driver’s licenses, transport and road transit, cross-border cooperation, border administration consultations, border reaffirmation, disaster and humanitarian crisis management, and joint efforts to combat illicit drug production and trafficking. The agreements are expected to enhance regional stability, ease cross-border movement, and strengthen institutional collaboration between the two countries.