Burkina Faso denies Ghana’s claim of paying Russian fighters with mine rights

Burkina Faso has denied it had paid Russian mercenaries by giving them the rights to a mine as reward for helping them to fight terrorists. Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo sparked a diplomatic row when he stated last week that Burkina Faso had hired mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner group to help it fight Islamist militants. “I believe … Continue reading Burkina Faso denies Ghana’s claim of paying Russian fighters with mine rights