Editor note: Death toll updated to ten peacekeepers and 25 injured Sunday, per the UN as reported by AFP. The UN spokesman in Mali condemned what he described as a “cowardly” attack and called for a “robust” response. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, the UN’s special representative for Mali, condemned what he called a “vile and criminal” attack. “Peacekeepers of the MINUSMA force at Aguelhok fought off a sophisticated attack by assailants who arrived on several armed vehicles,” he said in a statement. An attack at the same base last April killed two peacekeepers and left several others wounded.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 20, 2019 21:11 UTC