Roadside bomb explodes in Mali, kills 2 soldiers

At least 2 Malian soldiers have been confirmed dead following a roadside bomb explosion which has left about 2 more people critically injured.

Confirming the incident on Wednesday, Mali army colonel, Diarran Kone, revealed that he soldiers were travelling to the town of Douentza, in the central region of Mopti, on Tuesday when their vehicle struck the bomb.

"The route we took was mined. My life was saved because I was (sitting) behind," one of the wounded troops told AFP.

Since 2012, Mali has been in a persisting conflict after Takfiri terrorists hijacked an uprising by Tuareg people, a large Berber ethnic confederation living across the Sahara Desert, in the north. [PressTV]