# Ghana passport to Mali: Visa-free

Current access classification: **Visa-free** — No visa required before travel.

Access data checked August 24, 2026. Evidence status: **official evidence collected**.

This page concerns ordinary short visits unless an official source states otherwise. Authorities apply the current rule, and individual circumstances can change the applicable treatment.

## Evidence timeline

- **December 14, 2024 — ECOWAS ordinary passports: visa-free entry to Mali under AES declaration** (Visa-free)
  The signed AES declaration makes the AES space, including Mali, visa-free for nationals of ECOWAS member states. ECOWAS subsequently reported that the AES countries and ECOWAS agreed continued free movement pending a new agreement.
  - Applies only to nationals of the named ECOWAS State passport issuers holding ordinary passports for the normal visitor baseline.
  - ECOWAS nationals may enter, circulate, reside, establish and exit subject to national law; AES States retain the power to refuse entry to inadmissible ECOWAS nationals.
  - The policy does not decide employment, residence administration, commercial vehicle, diplomatic, official/service, refugee, laissez-passer, special-document, transit, crew, health, security or individual-admissibility treatment.
  - The live MFA assistant's residence/location-dependent ordinary-passport results conflict with this declaration for some ECOWAS nationalities (including Ghana and Cabo Verde). The signed AES declaration and later ECOWAS continuation statement are treated as controlling; the assistant is recorded as a material reconciliation risk.
  Official sources:
  - [Agence Malienne de Presse et Publicité: AES Heads of State declaration on ECOWAS nationals' free movement](https://amap.ml/2024/12/16/declaration-du-college-des-chefs-detat-de-la-confederation-des-etats-du-sahel-aes-sur-la-libre-circulation-le-droit-de-residence-et-detablissement-des-ressortissants-de-la-cedeao/)
  - [ECOWAS Commission: ECOWAS statement on continued West African free movement after AES withdrawal](https://www.ecowas.int/rebuilding-social-cohesion-and-public-trust-in-west-africa-banjul-hosts-the-inaugural-sahel-governance-forum/)
  - [ECOWAS Commission: ECOWAS creation history and current member states](https://www.ecowas.int/creation-history/)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/ghana-mali-visa-free)
- [Ghana passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/ghana)
- [All passport requirements for Mali](https://multipassrank.com/destination/mali)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)