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Ghana president taps retired army officer as envoy to junta-led Sahel states

By Reuters Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former national security chief as envoy to a new alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, signaling his administration’s intention to mend ties with the three military-led nations. Juntas seized control in a series of coups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger between 2020 and 2023 and severed military and diplomatic ties with regional allies and Western powers. Diplomatic relations between Ghana and Burkina Faso broke down in 2022 after former president, Nana Akufo-Addo, alleged it had hired Russian Wagner mercenaries, saying their presence on Ghana’s northern border was distressing. Mahama, 66, won the Dec. 7 presidential election by a wide margin to stage a political comeback in […]

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