Burkina Faso denies paying Russian mercenaries with mine rights
Burkina Faso's leader Captain Ibrahim Traore arrives on October 8, 2022 for a ceremony to honour soldiers killed in an attack in Gaskinde. Burkina Faso has denied Ghana's claim that it had paid Russian mercenaries by giving them the rights to a mine. PHOTO | OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT | AFP
Burkina Faso's mines minister on Tuesday denied an allegation by the president of Ghana that Burkina Faso had paid Russian mercenaries by giving them the rights to a mine.
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo caused a controversy by stating last week that Burkina Faso had hired mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group to help it fight Islamist militants.
