Landmine kills U.N. peacekeeper in Mali

A U.N. peacekeeper was killed in Mali by a landmine on Tuesday, underlining persistent insecurity in the country four days after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako. The peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) said the mine detonated under a vehicle travelling in a convoy around 25 km (16 miles) west of the town of Timbuktu on the road to Goundam killing a civilian member of the mission. Twenty two people including two gunmen died in Friday's assault on the Radisson Blu hotel