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Ghana-Burkina row over Russian Wagner mercenaries hits new heights

Visitors wearing military camouflage at the entrance of the PMC Wagner Centre, the private military group's headquarters in St Petersburg. AFP - OLGA MALTSEVA

Burkina Faso on Friday recalled Ghana's ambassador to protest allegations that Ouagadougou invited Russian mercenaries of the Wagner Group to operate in the country. Meanwhile Wagner accused France of an attack in the Central African Republic.

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Wednesday accused neighbouring Burkina of striking a deal to deploy mercenaries from Moscow's Wagner Group, calling it "particularly distressing".

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