United Nations employee among dead in attack on Mali hotel

A United Nations employee was among those killed on Friday when suspected Islamist militants attacked a hotel in central Mali used by UN staff, the country's peacekeeping mission MINUSMA said.

Mali (AAP) Source: EPA

"Reports indicate that a member of the international personnel associated with MINUSMA was killed during the attack," the mission said in a statement.

It did not give the victim's nationality.