PARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) – French troops killed 40 militants on the Benin-Burkina Faso border in West Africa’s Sahel region, the French government said on Saturday.
The action followed an attack on park rangers in northern Benin on Tuesday in which a French national was among eight people killed. read more
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Reporting by Richard Lough; Editing by Angus MacSwan
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