Mahama: Ghana joins BRICS as a partner, not a member — and stays non-aligned
President John Dramani Mahama told journalists at Jubilee House on Thursday 5 November 2026 that Ghana is joining the BRICS bloc as a partner country, not as a full member, and that the step is consistent with Ghana's long-standing non-aligned foreign policy. Quoting Kwame Nkrumah — 'We neither face east nor west; we face forward' — he compared the BRICS partnership to Ghana's economic partnership agreements with Europe. He also disclosed that the move began under his predecessor: a ministerial committee set up under Nana Akufo-Addo's administration recommended BRICS partnership, and his own Cabinet inherited the recommendation and approved it. Cabinet approval is Ghana's decision to seek partner status; BRICS has not confirmed Ghana's admission.