# French forces have killed dozens of fighters in Burkina Faso. The strike is linked to deadly attacks in neighbouring Benin last week, whose victims included a French citizen. A French army general put the death toll in Burkina Faso at 40. The French citizen was among nine people killed in two attacks on park rangers in the W National Park, a wildlife reserve in Benin’s remote north. Al Jazeera reports two roadside bombs also killed five park rangers, one park official, and a soldier.