Ghana’s President-Elect Mahama Invites Mali’s Goïta To Inauguration, Hints At Ghana-Mali Cooperation Amid ECOWAS-AES Rift

Ghana’s newly elected President, John Mahama, has invited the Mali’s President and leader of the transitional government, General Assimi Goïta, to attend his inauguration in Accra on January 7, 2025.

The invitation was delivered by a Ghanaian delegation led by Alfred Mahama, the President-elect’s representative, during a meeting on January 2, 2025.

The visit focused on strengthening cooperation between Mali and Ghana and reinforcing ties within the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Alfred Mahama emphasised Ghana’s commitment to deepening its collaboration with Mali and addressing regional security challenges in partnership with other AES nations.

“We want to work together to find appropriate solutions to the problems, particularly insecurity, affecting Mali and the other member countries of the Alliance of Sahel States,” Maliweb quoted Mahama.

The invitation comes as AES member countries plan to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by the end of January 2025. Ghana’s initiative hints at a potential reset in Ghana-Mali relations amid the rift between ECOWAS and the AES.

It will be recalled that Burkina Faso’s leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, congratulated the  President-elect, Mahama, on his decisive victory in Ghana’s presidential election.

Traoré expressed optimism that Mahama’s leadership would enhance the historic ties between the two neighbouring countries.

I express the hope that his mandate as the head of the sister Republic of Ghana will see the strengthening of the age-old relations of good neighbourliness between our two countries and that together we will build a stronger and better integrated sub-regional space for the happiness of our peoples,” Traoré remarked.

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