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#BREAKING Bomb kills two UN peacekeepers in Mali: UN mission

#UPDATE Two UN peacekeeping troops in central Mali were killed on Monday by a roadside bomb, the UN's mission to the troubled Sahel country said

🗺️ Map showing area known as the "three-border" region in the Sahel

#BREAKING French army says senior Al-Qaeda leader killed in Mali

#UPDATE A roadside bomb killed two UN peacekeepers in central #Mali on Monday as the Malian army reported a deadly clash with jihadist insurgents and France said it had killed a rebel leader u.afp.com/wPie #MINUSMA