This was learned from security circles. The area is particularly often startled by acts of violence by jihadists. The extremists often use mines or homemade explosives.
According to UN figures, 103 people were killed and 297 others injured by mines and homemade explosives in Mali last year. This year, 72 people were killed in such attacks until August 31.
In 2012, an Islamic uprising started in Mali, which also spread to neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger. Several thousand soldiers and civilians have already been killed and two million people displaced in the conflict.
The UN peacekeeping mission Minusma has been in Mali since 2013 and at the end of June the UN Security Council extended its mandate for another year.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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