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UN peacekeepers killed in Mali, as junta denounces 'agressive' statement from EU council president

A Nigerian police officer, part of the UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali, Minusma, patrolling Timbuktu in 2021. On Tuesday the mission said three peacekeepers were killed, without giving their nationalities. © Florent Vergnes/AFP

Three UN peacekeepers were killed and five were seriously injured when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in central Mali.

The UN Multidimensional integrated stabilisation mission in Mali (Minusma) on Tuesday did not identify the nationalities of the peacekeepers.

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