French President Francois Hollande condemned the "odious and cowardly attack" in Burkina Faso, where Al Qaeda linked gunmen launched an assault against a restaurant and a hotel that has left 20 people dead.

"French forces are providing support to Burkina Faso forces," the president's office said in a statement, adding that "the president expressed his full support to President Roch Marc Christian Kabore".

Source: MENA