Home

Ghana vs. Togo

Transnational Issues

GhanaTogo
Disputes - international

disputed maritime border between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire

in 2001, Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments - joint commission continues to resurvey the boundary; talks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River

Illicit drugsillicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; major transit hub for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and, to a lesser extent, South American cocaine destined for Europe and the US; widespread crime and money-laundering problem, but the lack of a well-developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center; significant domestic cocaine and cannabis usetransit hub for Nigerian heroin and cocaine traffickers; money laundering not a significant problem
Refugees and internally displaced personsrefugees (country of origin): 6,398 (Cote d'Ivoire) (flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2021)refugees (country of origin): 8,391 (Ghana) (2021)

Source: CIA Factbook