BAMAKO (Reuters) - A U.N. peacekeeper was killed in Mali by a landmine on Tuesday, underlining persistent insecurity in the country four days after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako.
The peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) said the mine detonated under a vehicle travelling in a convoy around 25 km (16 miles) west of the town of Timbuktu on the road to Goundam killing a civilian member of the mission.
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