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Russian mercenary group receives African mine as payment - Ghana president

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The Wagner Group was given a mine as payment for services in Burkina Faso, according to a Ghanian president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

On Wednesday President Akufo-Addo made the remarks at a U.S.-Africa summit in Washington D.C.

"Today, Russian mercenaries are on our northern border. Burkina Faso has now entered into an arrangement to go along with Mali in employing the Wagner forces there. I believe a mine in southern Burkina has been allocated to them as a form of payment for their services. Prime minister of Burkina Faso in the last 10 days has been in Moscow. And to have them operating on our northern border is particularly distressing for us in Ghana," said President Akufo-Addo.

The mine was not specified.

In September Burkina Faso military leader President Paul-Henri Damiba was deposed. Army captain Ibrahim Traore assumed leadership and suspended the constitution.

The Wager Group are Russian military mercenaries.

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