Mali attack: Rocket kills three at UN base

 

Three people have been killed in a rocket attack on a UN peacekeepers' base in northern Mali, the UN says.

Two UN peacekeepers and a civilian contractor were killed in the attack in Kidal, officials said.

 

Another UN source was quoted as saying 14 people were injured.
The peacekeeping mission in Mali was approved in 2014 after France led a military campaign to drive out Islamist militants from the country's northern desert region.