Seven UN peacekeepers were killed and three others injured in an explosion in Mali on Wednesday, the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said.
They had been travelling in a logistics convoy in central Mali when it was targeted by an Improvised Explosive Device, or IED.
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A UN peacekeeper also died on Monday two weeks after his vehicle was hit by an IED.