North Korea's leader Kim Il Sung shared much in common politically with Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah.

After Nkrumah was ousted, North Korea ended up in a diplomatic spat with Ghana, which accused it of training anti-government rebels.

In the 1980s, Ghana's Provisional National Defence Council successfully sought aid from North Korea and other socialist countries in order to be more independent from Western powers.

[3] A tour by North Korean officials to sign trade deals with several West African countries, including Ghana, took place in the summer of 1961.

[7] Kim Il Sung, the leader of North Korea, shared much in common politically with Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana,[8] although the latter never went quite as far in terms of state control over the economy, society, and culture of his country.

Around that time, Ghana's Provisional National Defence Council was actively seeking for aid from socialist countries in order to diminish its dependence on Western powers.

[18][19] In 2006, Ghana voted as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in favor of its Resolution 1718 which imposed sanctions against North Korea.