In this file photo taken on July 24, 2019 Senegalese soldiers under the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali) dismount an armoured personnel carrier, patrolling in the streets of Gao, a day after suicide bombers in a vehicle painted with UN markings injured one French, several Estonian troops and two Malian civilians in an attack on an international peace-keeping base in Mali. Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five were seriously injured on February 21, 2023 when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in central Mali, the UN mission said. - AFP