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UN staffer killed in Mali attack on peacekeeping convoy

By AFP
Sudan A UN peacekeeper of MINUSMA is seen on the Independance square on April 8, 2015 in Timbuktu, northern Mali.  By Sebastien Rieussec AFPFile
NOV 25, 2015 LISTEN
A UN peacekeeper of MINUSMA is seen on the Independance square on April 8, 2015 in Timbuktu, northern Mali. By Sebastien Rieussec (AFP/File)

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - A UN employee was killed Tuesday in an attack on a peacekeeping convoy in northern Mali, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

The attackers used explosives on the road from Goundam to Timbuktu where the vehicles from the UN MINUSMA force were traveling, he said.

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