The Ambassador of Egypt to Ghana, Wael Fathy has reaffirmed his country’s readiness to share expertise with Ghana across key security areas to strengthen national stability and enhance border protection.
The assurance followed a high-level courtesy visit to Ghana’s Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, during which Ambassador Fathy highlighted Egypt’s experience in counterterrorism, border security, and local technology production for national security.
Egypt’s longstanding investment in security architecture and intelligence systems has positioned the country as a key security actor on the African continent as it continues to maintain a strong reputation in security and military capacity, ranking among Africa’s leading military powers.
Egypt remains a major figure in African military and security affairs. According to the Gallup Global Law and Order Index, Egypt ranked 16th out of 135 countries, making it one of the safest countries in Africa, even outperforming countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States in perceived safety and law-and-order metrics.
During the engagement, both leaders explored practical avenues to deepen cooperation in border security, counterterrorism, cybersecurity, and institutional capacity building. The discussions also focused on strengthening intelligence sharing, police training, migration management, and addressing emerging threats such as cybercrime and transnational organized crime.
Security cooperation between the two countries is also could extend into specialised training programmes. A previous commitment by former Egyptian Ambassador Maher Kamel Youssef highlighted Egypt’s readiness to offer specialised capacity-building opportunities for Ghanaian military engineers, particularly personnel from the 48 Engineer Regiment. The initiative aims to strengthen Ghana’s engineering, disaster response, and infrastructure protection capabilities.
Egypt also indicated plans to support Ghana with training programmes in engineering, healthcare, and other technical sectors, further expanding bilateral cooperation beyond traditional security engagement.
The high-level discussions underscore strengthening bilateral relations between Ghana and Egypt, which share a long-standing historical and political relationship rooted in Africa’s early Pan-African movements and independence struggles.
Egypt notably played a significant role in Ghana’s early post-independence period. Ghana’s first President, Kwame Nkrumah, married Fathia Halim Rizk, an Egyptian national, on December 31, 1957. The union symbolised strong diplomatic and Pan-African ties between Ghana and Egypt, and the couple had three children, Gamal Nkrumah, Sekou Nkrumah, and Samia Nkrumah.
Following the 1966 coup, widely known as Operation Cold Chop, Fathia Nkrumah and her children sought refuge in Egypt, where they were hosted under the protection of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, a close ally and friend of Dr. Nkrumah.
The renewed security dialogue between Ghana and Egypt reflects not only contemporary cooperation but also a continuation of longstanding diplomatic and historical ties, as both countries seek to strengthen collaboration in security, capacity building, and regional stability.
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