20 peacekeepers wounded in Mali attack: UN Unidentified militants attacked a temporary base near Kerena, a village in the war-torn centre of the Sahel state, at around 7 am. FILE: Peacekeepers from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrol Menaka in Mali. Picture: United Nations Photo.
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BAMAKO, Mali - Around 20 United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in an attack on their base in central Mali on Wednesday, a UN spokesperson said, offering a provisional toll.
Unidentified militants attacked a temporary base near Kerena, a village in the war-torn centre of the Sahel state, at around 7 am.
Olivier Salgado, the spokesman for the UN s MINUSMA mission in Mali, said the position was targeted by direct and indirect fire .
Carley Petesch February 10, 2021 - 2:05 PM
DAKAR, Senegal - Attackers opened fire on a temporary United Nations base in central Mali on Wednesday in a well-planned assault that wounded 28 peacekeepers from Togo, U.N. officials said.
The United Nations condemned the attack in Mali, which remains âthe deadliestâ of the U.N.âs 12 far-flung peacekeeping missions, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. Just so far this year, five peacekeepers have been killed and 46 injured by hostile acts in the violence-plagued West African nation, he said.
Mali has been in turmoil since a 2012 uprising prompted mutinous soldiers to overthrow the president. The power vacuum that resulted ultimately led to an Islamic insurgency and a French-led war that ousted the jihadists from power in 2013.
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Unknown assailants open fire on base in central Mali in early morning hours, says UN spokesman Aurore Bonny | 10.02.2021 File Photo
LOME, TogoTwenty UN peacekeepers were wounded in central Mali in an attack on their base Wednesday, a spokesman for the UN mission announced.
The peacekeepers near the town of Douentza came under direct and indirect fire from unknown assailants at around 7.00 a.m. local time (0700GMT) in an area of increased jihadist activity, said Olivier Salgado.
Local sources in the West African country report that the wounded belong to the Togolese contingent of the UN Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).