Relationship dossier
Benin
Ghana
Relationship assessment
Benin and Ghana cooperate on regional security through the Accra Initiative.
Benin toward Ghana
+20Benin participates with Ghana in the Accra Initiative, a regional framework for cooperation against terrorism and related security threats.
Ghana toward Benin
+20Ghana participates with Benin in the Accra Initiative, a regional framework for cooperation against terrorism and related security threats.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes practical cooperation through a shared regional security framework. The breadth and depth of direct bilateral cooperation beyond that framework are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Benin and Ghana participate together in the Accra Initiative, a regional framework launched to strengthen cooperation against terrorism and related security threats. This provides evidence of practical security cooperation, although the extent of direct bilateral coordination and other government-to-government cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Benin and Ghana joined the Accra Initiative, a regional framework to strengthen cooperation against terrorism and related security threats.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of direct Beninese-Ghanaian security coordination under the Accra Initiative is unclear.
- Details of other bilateral agreements and their implementation are limited.