Relationship dossier
Ghana
Liberia
Relationship assessment
Ghana and Liberia cooperated in regional peace efforts, including the 2003 Accra peace agreement.
Ghana toward Liberia
+35Ghana contributed to the ECOWAS peacekeeping intervention in Liberia and hosted the 2003 peace talks that produced the Accra peace agreement.
Liberia toward Ghana
+25Liberian representatives negotiated and signed the 2003 peace agreement in Accra, cooperating with Ghana’s peace initiative.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a significant cooperative dimension rooted in Ghana’s role in regional peace efforts in Liberia and Liberia’s participation in the 2003 Accra peace agreement. The scale and durability of cooperation outside this peace process are less clear.
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
Ghana played a substantial role in regional efforts to end Liberia’s civil wars, including contributing to the ECOWAS peacekeeping intervention and hosting the 2003 peace talks. Liberian representatives negotiated and signed the resulting peace agreement in Accra. These actions indicate meaningful cooperation, though the breadth of other direct bilateral government arrangements is unclear.
Key developments
Ghana contributed to the ECOWAS peacekeeping intervention in Liberia during the country's civil war.
Ghana hosted peace talks in Accra, where Liberian representatives negotiated and signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of other Ghana–Liberia bilateral cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of each country's direct role in specific ECOWAS peacekeeping decisions is uncertain.