Boundary Commission News

As part of activities to commemorate the (ABD) which is observed annually on 7 June, the Ghana Boundary Commission (GhBC) has embarked on media engageme2024 African Border Daynt to discuss the relevance of the Day and the major activities undertaken by the Commission towards its mandate.To kickstart the engagement, panelists were interviewed on JoyNews and […]

The Commissioner General of the Ghana Boundary Commission, Major General Emmanuel Kotia, paid a courtesy call on the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Rear Admiral Issah Adam Yakubu, on Tuesday 4 June 2024 at the Naval Headquarters in Burma Camp. The Commissioner General underscored that the purpose for the visit was to thank the

The Ghana Boundary Commission (GhBC) organised a border community Sensitisation exercise at the Namoo Border Post in the Bongo District, Upper East Region, on 15 May 2024. The objective was to sensitise traditional leaders, opinion leaders and other stakeholders on issues related to boundary encroachment in buffer zones of the international land boundary and also

A team from the Ghana Boundary Commission, led by the Commissioner General, Major General Kotia and members of the Regional Security Council headed by the Upper East Regional Minister, Hon Dr Hafiz Bin Salih paid a working visit to Boundary sites in Sapelliga. The objective of the visit was to assess the effect of illegal

The Joint third Ghana/Burkina Faso Boundary Commission 5-day meeting opened in Bolgatanga (Upper East Region). The meeting was held from 13th to 17th May 2024. The Commissioner General of the Ghana Boundary Commission, Major General Emmanuel Kotia, in his welcome remarks, emphasised the importance of collaboration with neighbouring countries to resolve boundary disputes in Africa.

Recognising the invaluable support of the Ghana Air Force to the Ghana Boundary Commission’s operations (GhBC), the Commissioner-General, Major General Kotia and a ten-member delegation visited the Chief of Air Staff of the Ghana Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Frederick Bekoe, on 07 May, 2024. The visit served to congratulate Air Vice Marshal Bekoe on

The Ghana Boundary Commission led a team of Programme Officers from African Union Border Programme (AUBP)/GIZ for a boundary inspection at Ziope in the Volta Region, along the common Boundary Line between Ghana and Togo. The aim of the visit was for the team to assess the state of the new boundary pillars under construction

As part of the mandate of the Ghana Boundary Commission, the Commission in collaboration with the Ghana Navy, conducted the third maritime boundary inspection exercise along Western Frontiers of the maritime domain of Ghana (around the vicinity of the Tweneboa Enyenra Ntomme (TEN) Oil Fields) covering a total distance of 271 Nautical Miles. The primary

The National Boundary Commissions of Ghana and Burkina Faso jointly organised a border community sensitisation exercise for the population living along the Ghana/ Burkina Faso Boundary Line on 5 April 2024 at the border communities of Paga and Dakola. The exercise was aimed at increasing the awareness of the population due to encroachments on the

The Commissioner General of the Ghana Boundary Commission, Major General Kotia, welcomed a delegation from the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces Command and Staff College who paid a visit to the commission as part of a study tour.Led by their Commandant, Brig Gen Stephen Mnkande, the visiting delegation engaged in insightful discussions focusing on the Commission’s