19/09/2014 09:00
Roadside bombs kills 5 UN peacekeepers in Mali
A roadside bomb in northern Mali killed five U.N. peacekeepers and wounded several others on Thursday, a spokesman said of the latest in a string of deadly attacks on the force, The Associated Press reported.
A car carrying Chadian troops hit the explosive north of Aguel'hoc, which is near the embattled city of Kidal, said Olivier Salgado.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed outrage at the attack and called on armed groups meeting in Algiers to take immediate action on their Sept. 16 declaration to collaborate with the U.N. mission to prevent "these cowardly attacks," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
"These continued assaults against the United Nations must cease immediately," Dujarric said.
Since the U.N. mission in Mali began on July 1, 2013, he said 21 peacekeepers have been killed by explosive devices and 84 wounded.