UN peacekeeper killed in Mali

An attack on a UN camp in Mali has left one Chadian peacekeeper dead and another injured.

Gunmen and suicide bombers ambushed the camp in the north-eastern town of Kidal on Saturday morning, reported the BBC.

A UN official confirmed the attack to Reuters news agency, but did not provide further details.

The 9,000 strong UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (Minusma) was deployed in Mali, after France intervened in 2013 to dislodge militants who had taken control of huge swathes of land in the north of the country.

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