World Mali. Three Malian soldiers killed by an improvised explosive device

© DAPHNE BENOIT / AFP Malian soldiers patrol with forces from Operation Barkhane in the streets of the town of Menaka, Mali, in March 2019. Illustrative photo.

The three members of the National Guard were killed when their vehicle hit an explosive between Koro and Mondoro, near the border with Burkina Faso.

Three Malian soldiers were killed Thursday in the center of the country by an improvised explosive device attributed to the jihadists , we learned Friday from military sources.

The three members of the National Guard, one of the corps of the Malian army, were killed when their vehicle hit an explosive between Koro and Mondoro, near the border with Burkina Faso , in the center from Mali, one of the hotbeds of the polymorphous violence that is plaguing the Sahel, two military officials said on condition of anonymity.

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Three French soldiers were killed in Mali on Monday after their armored vehicle struck an improvised explosive device ( IED ) during a counterterrorism operation in the West African country, the French government said. The soldiers were killed while conducting operations in central Mali as part of the

Two French soldiers died in Mali when their armoured vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device . The two were in Menaka collecting intelligence, the French presidency said. It came days after three other French soldiers died in a similar way. France has 5,100 troops in the Sahel region which

The attack left five others injured, they said. One of them is in critical condition, a doctor said, also on condition of anonymity.

Mali: The UN announces the death of a peacekeeper killed by an artisanal mine

This is the fifth peacekeeper killed in three days in Mali. His nationality was not immediately disclosed © Kenzo Tribouillard AFP A peacekeeper from the UN Mission in Mali (Minusma) in Kidal, July 27, 2013 CONFLICT - This is the fifth peacekeeper killed in three days in Mali.

The Mali War is an ongoing armed conflict that started in January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa. On 16 January 2012

Thirteen soldiers have been confirmed killed following a collision between two French military helicopters during a raid on jihadists in Mali . France was already reeling from the loss of Brigadier Ronan Pointeau who was killed in Mali earlier this month when an improvised explosive device

These soldiers are the last to die from improvised explosive devices, one of the jihadists' weapons of choice against the armed forces in the sub-region.

Five peacekeepers from the UN mission in Mali (Minusma) were killed in January in attacks involving such devices. Before them, the IEDs caused the deaths of five soldiers from the French anti-jihadist force Barkhane on December 28 and January 2.

On Monday, it was in Niger, another Sahelian country shaken by jihadist acts, that an artisanal mine killed four soldiers of the national army in the south-east near Nigeria.