Gunmen launch twin attacks against the French embassy and army headquarters in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso

Gunmen have launched twin attacks in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, against the French embassy and army headquarters.

Eight security personnel and eight attackers were killed in the fighting while 80 people including civilians, were wounded

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian said there was no doubt it was an act of terrorism.
It is was not immediately clear who had carried out the attack.

This is the third major attack Ouagadougou has seen in the past two years. Islamist militants said they had carried out the other two.