Car bomb injures 13 UN peacekeepers in Mali

Attack occurs in Gao region where insurgents linked to al-Qaida and Islamic State are active

Thirteen UN peacekeepers have been wounded in northern Mali by a car bomb, the UN mission said, while Mali's army said six of its soldiers were killed in a separate attack in the centre of the country.

The attack on Friday in the north targeted a temporary base set up by the peacekeepers near the village of Ichagara in the Gao region, where Islamist insurgents linked to al-Qaida and Islamic State are active.