The United Nations Multi-dimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has condemned the use of landmines or explosive ordnance, which gravely injured two of its peacekeepers. "MINUSMA strongly condemns such acts, aimed at paralysing its operations in Mali and which indiscriminately affect UN personnel or innocent civilians," said a press release issued by the mission. A MINUSMA vehicle escorting a logistics convoy hit a mine or improvised explosive device on the axis Ansong–Menaka, about 70 kilometers east of Ansongo, said the mission. The blast destroyed the vehicle and seriously injured two MINUSMA soldiers who have been evacuated.
