Russia’s top diplomat promises more military support for Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday pledged more support to Burkina Faso in fighting militant groups as he pressed his whirlwind tour of West Africa in an attempt to fill a vacuum left by the region’s traditional Western partners. Sergey Lavrov spoke at a news conference in the country’s capital of Ouagadougo … Read more