Burkina Faso allegedly makes an agreement with Russia's Wagner Group in which the mercenary outfit will help the West African country deal with surging jihadi violence in exchange for a mine.
abc.net.au/news/wagner-group-allegedly-in-deal-with-burkina-faso/101780006Burkina Faso has allegedly made an agreement with Russia's Wagner Group in which the mercenary outfit will help the West African country deal with surging jihadi violence in exchange for a mine.
"To have [Wagner] operating on our northern border is particularly distressing for us in Ghana," Mr Akufo-Addo said while standing with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the summit on Wednesday. The Associated Press could not independently verify Ghana's allegations, and Burkina Faso's government did not immediately respond to questions about the Ghanaian president's claim.Mr Akufo-Addo's comments came on the heels of a trip to Moscow by Burkina Faso Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela to further strengthen relations with Russia.
Last year, a group of UN experts said Wagner was involved in "grave human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law" alongside local armed forces in the Central African Republic.
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