Burkina Faso attack: Mali vows help against terror groups

Mali has vowed to help Burkina Faso tackle Islamist militants after a hotel attack in Ouagadougou left 28 people at the weekend.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has said it carried out the attack.
In November, 22 people were killed in a similar attack by the same group on a hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako.
AQIM is based in the Sahara Desert, between Mali, Niger and Algeria, and has staged raids in several West African countries.

Mali's Prime Minister Modibo Keita travelled to Burkina Faso, which borders Mali to the south, on Sunday.
"Mali has experienced such events and continues to experience them," Mr Keita said on arrival in the capital, Ouagadougou.
"It is thus our duty to come here and express our compassion and say that we have decided to go forward together, hand in hand, to fight against terrorism and jihadism," AFP news agency quotes Mr Keita as saying.