UN peacekeeper killed in Mali ambush
At least one UN peacekeeper has been killed in an attack in northern Mali. Four others were seriously injured.
The UN says their patrol was hit by an explosion, followed by direct fire.
The assault was in the town of Ber, in the Tombouctou region that has seen jihadist violence for more than a decade, and thousands of deaths.
The UN has deployed about 12,00 peacekeepers in northern Mali, to tackle the insurgency – about 300 have been killed.
Some six million people have been displaced by the unrest.
