UN Peacekeeper Killed in Attack on Patrol in Northern Mali

One U.N. peacekeeper was killed and eight others were seriously injured in an attack in Mali's Timbuktu region.
A UN peacekeeper was killed and four others were seriously injured in an attack in northern Mali.
At least one UN peacekeeper was killed and four others were seriously injured in an ambush in northern Mali.
The attack occurred near the city of Ber in the Tombouctou region.
Armed Islamist groups have been active in northern Mali for over a decade.