Two UN peacekeepers have been killed and four seriously injured in Mali, after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device during a search for mines.
A report by the UN mission in the West African country, Minusma, found that mines and IEDs had caused the deaths of 74 UN peacekeepers since 2013.
A jihadist insurgency in Mali has claimed thousands of lives and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.
Two MINUSMA #peacekeepers were killed today, 17 October, when their vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device during a #mine search and detection patrol in #Tessalit, Kidal region 🇲🇱. pic.twitter.com/XW4Q9mK7Kg
— MINUSMA (@UN_MINUSMA) October 17, 2022