One U.N. peacekeeper killed, four wounded in Mali

BAMAKO (Reuters) - One U.N. peacekeeper was killed and four more were severely wounded when their convoy hit an improvised explosive device in northern Mali on Saturday, the United Nations' force in Mali said.

The bloodshed near the town of Tessalit follows the killing of five Malian gendarmes in an ambush on a mining convoy in southern Mali earlier this week that was claimed by a group linked to al Qaeda.