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UN Sends Peacekeepers to Northern Mali After Killings

U.N. peacekeepers in Mali have deployed to the northeast border with Burkina Faso and Niger after reports of civilians being massacred.

The U.N. says Mali's U.N. peacekeeping mission, MINUSMA, has deployed forces to Mali's northern tri-border area amid increasing insecurity. A U.N, statement to the media released Thursday said that "attacks by armed terrorist groups have had a devastating impact on the already distressed civilian population