Relationship dossier
Ghana
Mauritania
Relationship assessment
Bilateral diplomacy and cooperation agreements support modestly cooperative Ghana–Mauritania relations.
Ghana toward Mauritania
+15Ghana hosted Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in 2017, when the two governments concluded bilateral cooperation agreements. The scope and implementation of Ghana's commitments are unclear.
Mauritania toward Ghana
+15Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz visited Ghana in 2017, and Mauritania concluded bilateral cooperation agreements with the Ghanaian government. The scope and implementation of Mauritania's commitments are unclear.
Overall relationship
+15High-level bilateral engagement and cooperation agreements provide a basis for a modest cooperative relationship. The extent to which those arrangements produced sustained practical collaboration is 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
Ghana and Mauritania have engaged in high-level bilateral diplomacy, including a 2017 visit by Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to Ghana during which the governments concluded cooperation agreements. The known conduct supports a modestly cooperative assessment, though the scope and subsequent implementation of bilateral arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz visited Ghana, and the governments concluded bilateral cooperation agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the cooperation agreements concluded in 2017 are unclear.
- Details of sustained cooperation beyond high-level diplomacy and those agreements are limited.