Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a visit to Burkina Faso promises more military support to fight terrorism amid surging Russia's influence in Africa.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a visit to Burkina Faso promises more military support to fight terrorism amid surging Russia 's influence in Africa . Russia also seeks mining deals in Sierra Leone, further expanding its Africa n footprint. / Photo: Reuters
Burkina Faso, under military leadership since a 2022 coup, has played host to contingents of the Wagner mercenary force, whose founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash last August. "I have no doubt that thanks to this cooperation, the remaining pockets of terrorism on the territory of Burkina Faso will be destroyed," he told a press conference in the capital Ouagadougou.
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