A United Nations peacekeeper from Egypt was killed in Mali’s northern Kidal region on Friday, and another was seriously injured, after their vehicle hit an explosive device during a logistics convoy, the UN said.
It brought the toll to five UN peacekeepers killed in northern Mali in just a week.
Another explosive device was found at the scene in Tessalit and disabled, the UN mission in Mali said late Friday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned the attack and said attacks against peacekeepers may constitute war crimes, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
Four peacekeepers from Ivory Coast died from an improvised explosive device and an attack Wednesday by unidentified gunmen in the Timbuktu region.
The UN said six were wounded.