and things like that. however, the anc delegates from there are still angry that former presidentjacob zuma was jailed president jacob zuma was jailed last presidentjacob zuma was jailed last year after he did not testify at a commission of inquiry investigating corruption while he was president, and that is why we saw lots of violence and looting lastjuly and the riots that saw more than 300 people dying in that province. a row is brewing in west africa over the increasing involvement of a russian mercenary group in the region. ghana has accused its neighbour, burkina faso, of hiring troops from the wagner group a private russian military organisation, which is also believed to be involved in fighting alongside the russian forces in ukraine. ghana says the mercenaries are operating close to its northern border. burkina faso has responded by summoning ghana s ambassador. 0ur correspondent in the region, lalla sy, sent us this update. the russian security group already had presence in
that is why there was so much heckling and things like that. however, the anc delegates from kwazulu natal are still angry that former presidentjacob zuma was jailed last year after he did not testify at a commission of inquiry investigating corruption while he was president, and that is why we saw lots of violence and looting lastjuly in the riots that saw more than 300 people dying in that province. a row is brewing in west africa over the increasing involvement of a russian mercenary group in the region. ghana has accused its neighbour, burkina faso, of hiring troops from the wagner group a private russian military organisation, which is also believed to be involved in fighting alongside russian forces in ukraine. ghana says the mercenaries are operating close
of inquiry investigating corruption while he was president, and that is why we saw lots of violence and looting lastjuly and the riots that saw more than 300 people dying in that province. a row is brewing in west africa over the increasing involvement of a russian mercenary group in the region. ghana has accused its neighbour, burkina faso, of hiring troops from the wagner group a private russian military organisation, which is also believed to be involved in fighting alongside russian forces in ukraine. ghana says the mercenaries are operating close to its northern border. burkina faso has responded by summoning ghana s ambassador. 0ur correspondent in the region, lalla sy, sent us this update. the russian security group already had presence in the sahel region of west africa, in countries like mali where it is said to be aiding in the fight againstjihadist militants,
of hiring troops from the wagner group a private russian military organisation, which is also believed to be involved in fighting alongside russian forces in ukraine. ghana says the mercenaries are operating close to its northern border. burkina faso has responded by summoning ghana s ambassador. our correspondent in the region lalla sy sent us this update. the russian security group already had presence in the sahel region of west africa, in countries like mali where it is said to be aiding in the fight againstjihadist militants, and also in the central african republic. so far, there is no official information about an agreement between the wagner group and burkina faso. even though the prime minister recently visited russia. burkina faso has had two coups in one year, the current transitional government is trying to regain control of security of in areas caught in escalating violence from militants who are allied to both al-qaeda and isis, means security which began in 2015 ha