{"id":21475,"date":"2015-11-28T08:54:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T08:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mali-attack-rocket-kills-three-at-un-base-at\/"},"modified":"2015-11-28T08:54:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T08:54:33","slug":"mali-attack-rocket-kills-three-at-un-base-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mali-attack-rocket-kills-three-at-un-base-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali attack: Rocket kills three at UN base at Kidal"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Three people have been killed in a rocket attack on a UN peacekeepers’ base in northern Mali, the UN says.}<\/p>\n

Two UN peacekeepers from Guinea and a civilian contractor were killed in the attack in Kidal, officials said.<\/p>\n

Eight days ago, gunmen attacked a hotel in the capital, Bamako, taking scores hostage. Nineteen people were killed.<\/p>\n

The peacekeeping mission in Mali was approved in 2014 after France led a military campaign to drive out Islamist militants from the north.<\/p>\n

The Minusma force comprises some 10,000 soldiers from dozens of different contributor countries – the majority from Mali’s west African neighbours.<\/p>\n

World’s most dangerous peacekeeping mission<\/p>\n

The UN mission – criticised by some at the time of its approval because there is no peace deal to support – has suffered more casualties than any other in recent years, with 56 troops killed.<\/p>\n

Islamist militants are suspected of being behind Saturday’s attack, in which 14 people were injured, several seriously, reports suggest.<\/p>\n

“Our camp in Kidal was attacked early this morning by terrorists using rockets,” said an official from the Minusma force.<\/p>\n

Militancy in Mali<\/p>\n

October 2011: Ethnic Tuaregs launch rebellion after returning with arms from Libya
\n March 2012: Army coup over government’s handling of rebellion, a month later Tuareg and al-Qaeda-linked fighters seize control of north
\n June 2012: Islamist groups capture Timbuktu, Kidal and Gao from Tuaregs, start to destroy Muslim shrines and manuscripts and impose Sharia
\n January 2013: Islamist fighters capture a central town, raising fears they could reach Bamako. Mali requests French help
\n July 2013: UN force, now totalling about 12,000, takes over responsibility for securing the north after Islamists routed from towns
\n July 2014: France launches an operation in the Sahel to stem jihadist groups
\n Attacks continue in northern desert area, blamed on Tuareg and Islamist groups
\n 2015: Terror attacks in the capital, Bamako, and central Mali<\/p>\n

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SOURCE:BBC:[Mali attack: Rocket kills three at UN base at Kidal->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-34952987]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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