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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Mednick

Russian role in Burkina Faso crisis comes under scrutiny

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Within hours of Burkina Faso's second coup this year, the head of Russia's shadowy mercenary outfit Wagner Group was among the first to congratulate the new junta leader in West Africa.

In a message posted on Telegram, Yevgeny Prigozhin praised the mutinous soldiers for doing what “was necessary."

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