Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and some 30 wounded on Friday when attackers hit their base in northeastern Mali.
“Our camp at Kidal was attacked by terrorists early Friday morning. We fought back but two peacekeepers were killed and 30 others injured,” a source from the UN’s MINUSMA mission told AFP news agency.
A Guinean member of the UN force said the dead soldiers were from his country’s contingent.
The attack came a week after at least four assailants and a Malian soldier were killed in an assault on a UN military camp at Timbuktu.
The sprawling north of the country continues to be beset by violence having fallen under the control of Tuareg-led rebels and armed groups linked to al-Qaeda in 2012.
They were largely ousted by a French-led military operation in January 2013, however, insurgents continue to threaten stability.
Large swathes of Mali remain lawless, despite a June peace deal between the former Tuareg rebels and rival pro-government armed groups.(Al Jazeera)
Link: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/deadly-mali-attack-peacekeepers-160212095440611.html
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