Ghana’s government has dismissed claims that Islamist militants from Burkina Faso are exploiting
northern Ghana as a logistical and medical support base. The claims indicated that militant groups
like Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) are using Ghana to sustain operations in the Sahel and
has even established a de facto non-aggression pact with Ghana, a claim Accra refutes. It is likely
that militants are currently refraining from conducting attacks in Ghana so as to not disrupt their
supply lines into neighbouring Burkina Faso. However, if Ghana begins to change its strategy towards
the militants, potentially in response to external pressures, it is likely that militants will adapt and seek
to destabilise northern Ghana through direct attacks.