Relationship dossier
Ghana
Uganda
Relationship assessment
Ghana and Uganda maintain a cooperative relationship supported by bilateral agreements and a joint commission framework.
Ghana toward Uganda
+15Ghana participated in bilateral agreements with Uganda during the Ghanaian president’s 2017 visit, including a framework for a joint commission. The extent of Ghana’s subsequent implementation is unclear.
Uganda toward Ghana
+15Uganda participated in bilateral agreements with Ghana during the Ghanaian president’s 2017 visit, including a framework for a joint commission. The extent of Uganda’s subsequent implementation is unclear.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has a cooperative institutional basis in bilateral agreements and a joint commission framework. The known cooperation supports a positive assessment, though its breadth, durability and implementation 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 Uganda have pursued bilateral cooperation through a joint commission framework and agreements reached during a Ghanaian presidential visit to Uganda in 2017. These arrangements indicate concrete, but relatively modest and incompletely characterized, cooperation. The scope and implementation of the agreements are unclear.
Key developments
During a Ghanaian presidential visit to Uganda, the governments concluded bilateral agreements, including a framework for a joint commission.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- Details of subsequent government cooperation are limited.