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More than 100 tonnes of United Nations ammunition was transferred from the UN’s mission in Mali to Burkina Faso on an aircraft belonging to a company under US sanctions linked to Russia’s Wagner Group. That’s according to Paris-based news outlet The Africa Report, which noted that the munitions could now end up in the hands of the Burkina Faso military junta, with no way to guarantee that they can be recovered by the UN, creating potential negative implications for regional stability. The munitions, originally intended to be stored in the Ivory Coast, were redirected to Burkina Faso amidst a c…

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