Fast NewsAn Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded when the peacekeeper on a MINUSMA Force was conducting a search operation in the country's restive north. (UN)A UN peacekeeper has been killed by a mine in restive northern Mali as he was participating in a patrol, the head of the UN's MINUSMA Mali force El Ghassim Wane tweeted. The peacekeeper was part of the Guinean contingent in MINUSMA, a MINUSMA official told AFP news agency on Sunday on condition of anonymity. Terrible nouvelle qui vient allonger la longue liste de nos collègues ayant perdu la vie dans le cours de leur service au #Mali. "Terrible news that adds to the long list of our colleagues who lost their lives during their service in Mali," Wane wrote on Twitter.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 19, 2022 15:46 UTC