Wagner Group Infiltrating Border, Warns Ghanaian President

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 previous 10 days, during which it is believed the deal was finalized.

Akufo-Addo also discussed the divisions in West Africa between democracies and the military governments in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali following coups in those countries.