Ghana and Burkina Faso have signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement aimed at strengthening security along key cross-border trade corridors between the two countries.
The agreement was signed by Ghana’s Acting Defence Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, and Burkina Faso’s Minister of State and Minister of War and Patriotic Defence, Major General Célestin Simporé.
The agreement will provide security and escort support along vital supply routes, helping to protect trade and economic activity between the two countries. It is also expected to deepen bilateral defence cooperation and strengthen joint efforts to address security challenges affecting cross-border movement.
The signing was witnessed by senior officials from both countries, including Ghana’s Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant General William Agyapong, and Burkina Faso’s Ambassador to Ghana, David Kabre.
