French President Francois Hollande condemns 'cowardly attack' in Burkina Faso

al-Qaeda linked gunmen launched an assault on a restaurant and a hotel that has left 20 people dead.

Paris

: French President Franois 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 Burkinabe forces,-" the president's office said in a statement Saturday, adding, -"The president expressed his full support to President (Roch Marc Christian) Kabore.-"