Ghana Says Burkina Faso Paid Russian Mercenaries with Mine

Ghana-Burkina row over Russian Wagner mercenaries hits new heights

Burkina Faso on Friday recalled Ghana's ambassador to protest allegations that Ouagadougou invited Russian mercenaries of the Wagner

Wagner Group: Burkina Faso anger over Russian mercenary link

Ghana's president says the presence of Wagner fighters in its neighbour is distressing.

Ghana accuses Burkina Faso of hiring Russian Wagner mercenaries

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said Wednesday that his neighbour Burkina Faso had "reached an arrangement" with the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, a statement the government in Ouagadougou declined to comment Thursday.

Ghana accuses Burkina Faso of hiring Russian Wagner mercenaries

Burkina Faso has allegedly made an agreement with Russia’s Wagner Group in which the shadowy mercenary outfit will help the West African country deal with surging jihadi violence in exchange for a mine.

Ghana accuses Burkina Faso of contracting Russia's Wagner mercenaries

"To have them operating on our northern border is particularly distressing for us in Ghana," President Nana Akufo-Addo says during his visit to Washington for US-Africa summit.

Wagner in Burkina? The Ghanaian president says so

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo asserted Wednesday that his neighbor Burkina Faso had “reached an arrangement” with the Wagner Group.