President John Dramani Mahama has held a bilateral meeting with his Tanzanian counterpart President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the State House in Arusha, Tanzania.
During the bilateral talks, the two leaders acknowledged the historic bond between their Founding Presidents: Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Mwalimu Julius Nyerere of Tanzania.
They identified the absence of a Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC) and agreed to fast-track its establishment.
They also discussed possible state visits to formalise several memoranda of understanding (MoUs).
Regarding Economic Transformation and Resource Sovereignty, President Mahama shared Ghana’s success in gold sector reforms: small-scale gold exports rose from 63 tons to 104 tons in nine months, injecting $10 billion into the economy.
He emphasised the need for African nations to exercise sovereignty over natural resources.
President Mahama also announced Ghana’s plan to break from external cocoa financing: from next season, the country will raise local funds to purchase at least 400,000 metric tons of cocoa for domestic processing.
On Tanzania’s Post-Election Situation, President Mahama lauded President Hassan for establishing an independent Commission of Inquiry and planning a Reconciliation Commission.
He said such transparency helped nations to learn lessons and strengthen multiparty democracy.
Concerning Reparations Agenda, President Mahama, as the African Union (AU) Champion on Reparations, confirmed that a resolution recognising the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity will be tabled at the UN General Assembly on March 25.
He acknowledged Tanzania’s firm support for the reparations cause.
President Mahama was in Tanzania as the guest of honour at the opening of the 2026 Judicial Year and 20th Anniversary of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
