Relationship dossier
Ghana
Sierra Leone
Relationship assessment
Ghana and Sierra Leone pursue practical cooperation through bilateral agreements and West African ties.
Ghana toward Sierra Leone
+30Ghana signed memoranda of understanding with Sierra Leone during President Julius Maada Bio’s 2018 visit, covering areas including agriculture, health, education and tourism.
Sierra Leone toward Ghana
+30Sierra Leone signed memoranda of understanding with Ghana during President Julius Maada Bio’s 2018 visit, covering areas including agriculture, health, education and tourism.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship includes practical bilateral agreements across several policy areas, alongside broader West African engagement. The known agreements indicate cooperation, although their implementation and the breadth of subsequent bilateral work 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
Ghana and Sierra Leone have pursued practical bilateral cooperation. During President Julius Maada Bio’s 2018 visit to Ghana, the governments signed memoranda of understanding covering areas including agriculture, health, education and tourism. The relationship also sits within wider West African cooperation, though the scope and implementation of the bilateral agreements are unclear.
Key developments
During President Julius Maada Bio’s visit to Ghana, the two governments signed memoranda of understanding covering areas including agriculture, health, education and tourism.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the memoranda signed in 2018 are unclear.
- Details of subsequent bilateral government cooperation are limited.