Ambush kills soldier in Mali; 2 UN peacekeepers killed
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mali's army spokesman says one soldier has been killed in an ambush west of Timbuktu and the United Nations mission here says a second peacekeeper has died after an attack in another part of northern Mali.
Col. Souleymane Maiga, army spokesman, said Tuesday that armed men ambushed a convoy about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Timbuktu, killing one soldier and wounding another.
U.N. Mali mission spokesman Olivier Salgado said Tuesday that a second peacekeeper died overnight from Monday's attacks on a camp in Aguelhok in Mali's Kidal region. Two vehicles hit land mines in the attacks, killing two peacekeepers and injuring several others.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Despite being pushed from strongholds in northern Mali in 2013, al-Qaida-linked extremists continue attacks against peacekeepers and security forces in central and northern Mali.