Burkina Faso’s interim leader said Russia is a “strategic ally” but denied that the Kremlin-linked mercenary group Wagner were engaged in the west African nation’s fight against Islamist insurgents.
President Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in a military coup last September, told state broadcaster Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTB) that Russia was a supplier of equipment for Ouagadougou’s military and that the countries enjoyed a “frank” relationship.
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