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Reuters
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France kills 10 Islamist militants in Burkina Faso

An air strike by the French "Operation Barkhane" battling Islamist militants in the Sahel has killed 10 members of a terrorist group in Burkina Faso during the night of Feb. 7 and Feb. 8, France's chief of staff said in a statement on Thursday.

Four civilians were also killed in the operation, close to the town of Ouahigouya, near the border with Mali.

(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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