Troops of the Malian army patrol the road between Mopti and Djenne in central Mali on February 28, 2020.
A United Nations mission spokesperson has said that an attack on a UN base in central Mali has injured at least 20 peacekeepers. The temporary UN base in Kerena, near Douentza, was the target of direct and indirect fire early Wednesday morning, Olivier Salgado said in a statement on Twitter. Special representative of the secretary general for Mali and head of the mission there, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, “strongly condemns this cowardly attack on the peacekeepers and has ensured that all measures are taken to ensure that the wounded receive appropriate treatment,” Salgado said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but militants linked to Al Qaeda and Daesh stage regular attacks on UN peacekeepers and soldiers.READ MORE:
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