Two Burkinabe UN peackeepers were killed and seven wounded in a suicide attack on a UN base in the north of Mali.
The attacker drove a pickup laden with explosives into the base in Ber. It is unclear who was behind the attack, which was condemned by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
“Such attacks will not deter the United Nations from its efforts to support the Malian people in their search for peace in their country,” Mr. Ban said in a statement.
Acting director of the UN Multidimensional Stabilisation Mission in Mali (Minusma), David Gressly, said his force was "paying too heavy a price in Mali given that the peacekeepers are here precisely to ensure a return to peace and stability".
The UN forces have been in Mali, after France intervened last year to dislodge militants who had taken control of huge swathes of land in the north of the country.