sing, gardener: two Explosion in UN camps AFP reporters at the site of the incident said there was damage but no casualties in the northern Mali city of Gao on Sunday.
The explosions at 0545 GMT shook the barracks of the UN mission in Mali, called MINUSMA, forcing occupants to take shelter in shelters for two hours.
The French military said only physical damage had occurred, but did not give details about any possible origins of the explosions.
Fresh violence broke out in the West African country after 31 people were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists near the central city of Bandiagara on Friday.
Mali is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency that first erupted in the north in 2012 and has claimed thousands of military and civilian lives since then.
Despite the presence of thousands of French and UN troops, the conflict engulfed central Mali and spread to neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger.
France, a former colonial power in Mali, has said it will reduce its troops in the Sahel.
It also plans to abandon Kidal, Tesalit and Timbuktu for its troops to refocus on Gao and Maneka, close to the troubled “three-borders” area near Burkina Faso and Niger.
The explosions at 0545 GMT shook the barracks of the UN mission in Mali, called MINUSMA, forcing occupants to take shelter in shelters for two hours.
The French military said only physical damage had occurred, but did not give details about any possible origins of the explosions.
Fresh violence broke out in the West African country after 31 people were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists near the central city of Bandiagara on Friday.
Mali is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency that first erupted in the north in 2012 and has claimed thousands of military and civilian lives since then.
Despite the presence of thousands of French and UN troops, the conflict engulfed central Mali and spread to neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger.
France, a former colonial power in Mali, has said it will reduce its troops in the Sahel.
It also plans to abandon Kidal, Tesalit and Timbuktu for its troops to refocus on Gao and Maneka, close to the troubled “three-borders” area near Burkina Faso and Niger.
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