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Ghana: 1) Information on the crossing points between Ghana and Togo. 2) Information on the formalities for crossing the Ghana/Togo border and the Ghana/Ivory Coast border

Published information on this specific subject is scarce.

Please find the attached document entitled Africa: On a

Shoestring by Geoff Crowther.

 1) A representative of the Embassy of Ghana in Ottawa

stated that the Ghanaian side of the border with Togo is open 24

hours a day. This source pointed out, however, that since the

crossing points in Togo are open only from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

every day, the Ghanaian officers cannot let anybody pass between

6:01 p.m. and 5:59 a.m.

 A representative of the Embassy of Togo in Washington

stated that the crossing points between Togo and Ghana are open

from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

 2) A representative of the Embassy of Ghana in Ottawa

mentioned that Ghanaian border officials were checking for

passports (but if a person does not have one he/she can still go

to Togo) and whether a person has anything to declare. This

source added that a person cannot leave Ghana with more than

1,500 Cedis (Ghana national currency). This explains why the

officers at the crossing points will check the amount of money a

person is carrying.

 A representative at the Embassy of Togo in Washington

indicated that Togo border officers carry out the usual passport

and visa verification (although he said that no visa was

necessary). They also check whether the person has bought

anything in Togo that must be declared to Customs.

 A representative at the Embassy of the Ivory Coast in

Washington stated that border officers check luggage and papers

when someone enters their country from Ghana. This source added

that no visa is necessary for travelling between Ghana and Ivory

Coast.

 Further information on this topic is currently unavailable

to the IRBDC in Ottawa.

 Bibliography

Embassy of Ghana. 17 July 1991. Telephone interview with a

representative.

Embassy of Togo. 17 July 1991. Telephone interview with a

representative.

Embassy of Ivory Coast. 17 July 1991. Telephone interview with a

representative.

Topics: Border crossers,