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             3 Killed in Rocket Attack on UN Base in Northern Mali

   by VOA News

   Militants have attacked a United Nations base in northern Mali, firing
   rockets that killed two U.N. peacekeepers and a civilian contractor,
   according to officials.

   A spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission said at least four others
   were seriously wounded in the early Saturday attack in Kidal.

   There is no word on who is responsible for the attack, which follows a
   militant assault last week on a luxury hotel in Bamako that left 19
   people dead.

   Two West African militant groups -- al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and
   its affiliate al-Mourabitoun -- claimed joint responsibility for the
   November 20 attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel.

   Special forces in Mali on Friday arrested two men in connection with
   the hotel attack.

   The violence underscores the threat posed by Islamist militants who
   remain active in northern and central Mali despite the presence of U.N.
   peacekeepers.

   A French-led military force ousted Islamist groups from power in
   northern Mali in 2013. The groups had taken over the north after a
   military coup in Bamako in 2012.
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