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Three UN peacekeepers killed by roadside bomb in Mali

At least 281 peacekeepers have been killed in Mali since the start of the mission in 2013 [File: Adama Diarra/Reuters]

At least three United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and five seriously wounded in central Mali when their convoy struck a roadside bomb, the latest blow for the world’s most dangerous UN peacekeeping mission.

The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali said in a Twitter post that its convoy had hit an improvised explosive device on Tuesday.

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