Chancery houses consular, trade and African Union staff, potentially boosting Ghana’s continental diplomacy.
President John Dramani Mahama opens a new Ghana embassy chancery in Addis Ababa, a step Ghanaian officials describe as reinforcing bilateral ties with Ethiopia and expanding Ghana’s engagement at the Africa Union.
Addis Ababa hosts the headquarters of the African Union and functions as a diplomatic hub for continental diplomacy. Ghana maintains a diplomatic mission in Addis Ababa that customarily handles bilateral relations with Ethiopia and engagement with the African Union; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration oversees Ghana’s missions abroad.
John Dramani Mahama opened the newly commissioned chancery in Addis Ababa.
Ghana’s chancery in Addis Ababa now houses staff who manage consular services, trade and investment promotion, and Ghana’s engagement with AU organs, functions that embassies in the city typically perform. Ghana and Ethiopia have long-standing diplomatic ties and are among the member states that participated in post‑colonial pan‑African institutions dating to the Organization of African Unity and its successor, the African Union.