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Wagner Group Infiltrating Border, Warns Ghanaian President

December 16 2022

Burkina Faso
Ghana

President Nana Akufo-Addo says that Russian-backed mercenaries infiltrating Ghana through the border with Burkina Faso, reported the State Dept.

During a visit to Washington, Akufo-Addo said that Burkina Faso, working with Mali, had hired Kremlin-linked Wagner Group mercenaries, who were now operating on Ghana's northern border.

The deal was likely paid for through a deal transferring rights to a mine in southern Burkina Faso, he said.

Burkinabe officials had been in Moscow for the...

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