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Togo vs. Ghana

Transnational Issues

TogoGhana
Disputes - international

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

disputed maritime border between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire

Illicit drugstransit hub for Nigerian heroin and cocaine traffickers; money laundering not a significant problemillicit 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 use
Refugees and internally displaced personsrefugees (country of origin): 8,391 (Ghana) (2021)refugees (country of origin): 6,398 (Cote d'Ivoire) (flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2021)

Source: CIA Factbook