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  • 20 United Nations peacekeepers were wounded, some of them seriously, when their base in central Mali came under fire on Wednesday, according to the U.

  • N.

  • A spokesman for Minusma.

  • The Multidimensional Integrated stabilization mission in Mali, said the attack took place near the town of Dunes over at around seven in the morning.

  • He did not say who was responsible, though Islamic militant groups linked to al Qaida on Islamic state regularly attacked peacekeepers on Malian soldiers in the area.

  • Deployed since 2013, the U.

  • N currently has more than 14,000 peacekeepers in Mali.

20 United Nations peacekeepers were wounded, some of them seriously, when their base in central Mali came under fire on Wednesday, according to the U.

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