![]() Thousands have been killed and over six million displaced by the fighting, according to the U.N. ![]() The violence has spread across the Sahel region under the Sahara and beyond despite international military interventions to help local troops fight back. Islamist militants, some with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State, have been waging an insurgency in northern Mali since they hijacked a Tuareg rebellion in 2012. It did not name perpetrators but said it was a "complex attack" and that updates on casualties would follow. Preliminary information: 1 #peacekeeper killed and 4 seriously injured. ![]() ![]() It encountered an Improvised Explosive Device followed by a direct arm fire attack. Today, 09/06, one of our patrols near #Ber town, North of #Mali was targeted by a complex attack. ![]()
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