Ghana Says Burkina Faso Paid Russian Mercenaries with Mine

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Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo raised the claims at a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. He said the mine is near Ghana's northern border with Burkina Faso, which used the operation to pay for work done by Wagner Group. The entity is a mercenary outfit run by Yevgeny Prigozhin, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Published 3 months ago · Ghana

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