Raiders in Mali kill at least 20 civilians in attacks on villages near northern Gao town, while a UN peacekeeper dies in a mine explosion in the troubled African region
Northern Mali has become increasingly violent and unstable since Tuareg separatist rebels rose up against the government in 2012.
"Criminal terrorists" killed at least 20 civilians in several hamlets in the commune Anchawadj, a few dozen kilometres north of Gao on Saturday, said a senior police officer who asked to remain anonymous. Following Saturday's bloodshed, a mine killed a UN peacekeeper on Sunday as he was out on patrol further north, at Kidal, the head of the UN's MINUSMA Mali force El Ghassim Wane tweeted.
Militant fighters took advantage of their rebellion to launch their own offensive, threatening the capital Bamako in the south until a French-led force pushed them back in 2013.
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