Un Mali Base Attack

Eighteen UN troops and two civilians were wounded Thursday in a mortar attack on a military base in northern Mali, a UN official said, in fresh violence in the war-torn West African country.

The number of UN peacekeepers killed in an Islamist attack on their base in Mali has risen to seven following the death of a female force member evacuated to Senegal, the regional deployment said Tuesday.

Militants attacked a UN base in northern Mali on Friday, killing at least 5 peacekeepers and wounding 30 others, a UN official said.

Suspected Islamist terrorist attacked a UN peacekeepers' base in the northern Mali town of Kidal today, killing several people and wounding others, a spokesman for the separatist Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) told Reuters.

The UN mission to Mali said today that Malian forces backed by UN helicopters had retaken a police base in Timbuktu from unknown assailants who had captured it early in the morning.

Unknown assailants attacked and withdrew inside a UN police base in the Malian city of Timbuktu today morning, the United Nations said, while security sources said a Malian army checkpoint in the city had also come under fire.

Unknown assailants attacked a UN peacekeeping base and a Malian army checkpoint on the outskirts of Mali's northern city of Timbuktu early on Friday, residents and military sources said.

Attackers fired rockets early today at Mali's northern city of Gao, which serves as a base for UN peacekeepers and a French regional security force, military sources and residents said.

Two UN peacekeepers and a contractor died in a rocket attack Saturday on a UN base in northeast Mali claimed by the jihadist Ansar Dine group, a week after a deadly siege at a Bamako hotel shocked the country.

A peacekeeper and two children died on Sunday as militants shelled a UN base in northern Mali, heightening security fears as police hunted jihadists who launched a deadly Bamako nightclub assault.

The UN Security Council strongly condemned the "heinous" attack on a UN peacekeeping base in northern Mali on Sunday and warned that those responsible will be held accountable.

A peacekeeper and two children died on Sunday as militants shelled a UN base in northern Mali, heightening security fears as police hunted jihadists who launched a deadly Bamako nightclub assault.

Suspected Islamist militants attacked a UN base in northern Mali with car bombs and rockets on Saturday, killing one Chadian member of the UN peacekeeping mission and wounding another, the mission said.

A U.N. peacekeeper was killed and five others injured, two seriously, in a suicide attack on a patrol base in northern Mali, the U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) said on Saturday.

Eighteen UN troops and two civilians were wounded Thursday in a mortar attack on a military base in northern Mali, a UN official said, in fresh violence in the war-torn West African country.

The number of UN peacekeepers killed in an Islamist attack on their base in Mali has risen to seven following the death of a female force member evacuated to Senegal, the regional deployment said Tuesday.

Militants attacked a UN base in northern Mali on Friday, killing at least 5 peacekeepers and wounding 30 others, a UN official said.

Suspected Islamist terrorist attacked a UN peacekeepers' base in the northern Mali town of Kidal today, killing several people and wounding others, a spokesman for the separatist Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) told Reuters.

The UN mission to Mali said today that Malian forces backed by UN helicopters had retaken a police base in Timbuktu from unknown assailants who had captured it early in the morning.

Unknown assailants attacked and withdrew inside a UN police base in the Malian city of Timbuktu today morning, the United Nations said, while security sources said a Malian army checkpoint in the city had also come under fire.

Unknown assailants attacked a UN peacekeeping base and a Malian army checkpoint on the outskirts of Mali's northern city of Timbuktu early on Friday, residents and military sources said.

Attackers fired rockets early today at Mali's northern city of Gao, which serves as a base for UN peacekeepers and a French regional security force, military sources and residents said.

Two UN peacekeepers and a contractor died in a rocket attack Saturday on a UN base in northeast Mali claimed by the jihadist Ansar Dine group, a week after a deadly siege at a Bamako hotel shocked the country.

A peacekeeper and two children died on Sunday as militants shelled a UN base in northern Mali, heightening security fears as police hunted jihadists who launched a deadly Bamako nightclub assault.

The UN Security Council strongly condemned the "heinous" attack on a UN peacekeeping base in northern Mali on Sunday and warned that those responsible will be held accountable.

A peacekeeper and two children died on Sunday as militants shelled a UN base in northern Mali, heightening security fears as police hunted jihadists who launched a deadly Bamako nightclub assault.

Suspected Islamist militants attacked a UN base in northern Mali with car bombs and rockets on Saturday, killing one Chadian member of the UN peacekeeping mission and wounding another, the mission said.

A U.N. peacekeeper was killed and five others injured, two seriously, in a suicide attack on a patrol base in northern Mali, the U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) said on Saturday.