A vehicle in which one UN peacekeeper and four others were travelling hits an explosive device in northern Mali, the U.N. mission (MINUSMA) said.
The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear.
U.N. peacekeeping and French forces are stationed in Mali to combat jihadist groups seen as threatening security across Africa’s Sahel region. “MINUSMA chief (Mahamat Saleh) Annadif strongly condemns the recent resurgence of this type of attacks, particularly in the centre of the country,” he said.
