导读:5月29日，联合国维和人员在马里中部遭袭击，5人死亡，1人严重受伤。
Five United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and another was seriously injured in an attack in central Mali.
联合国维和人员在马里中部遭袭击，5人死亡，1人严重受伤。
The soldiers - who were from Togo - were travelling in the Mopti region when their vehicle came under fire before hitting a landmine.
这些士兵来自多哥，他们的车队正在向莫普提区域进发时遭地雷袭击。
The area is known as a stronghold for the Macina Liberation Front, a jihadist group with suspected al-Qaeda links.
据称该区域是马格里布基地组织的大本营，它是一个疑似与基地组织有关联的伊斯兰圣战组织。
The UN mission was set up in 2013 to stabilise Mali following a rebellion by Islamist and Tuareg fighters.
联合国特派团在2013成立，以稳定马里区域的伊斯兰和图阿雷格武装叛乱。
Militants have been mounting sporadic assaults on peacekeepers in northern and central regions.
武装分子不断对北部和中部地区的维和人员进行零散的袭击。
No group has said it carried out the latest attack.
目前尚不能确认哪个组织发动了本次袭击。
It occurred near the town of Sevare, on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. Last year, 120 UN personnel were killed in peacekeeping operations in 16 countries.
袭击发生在塞瓦雷附近，这天恰好是国际维和人员日。去年，共有120名联合国人员在16个国家的维和行动中被杀害。
France, the former colonial power in Mali, initially intervened in January 2013 when the rebels seized the north of the country .
法国是马里殖民地时期的宗主国。2013年1月叛乱者控制了马里北部，法国进行了军事干预。
In July that year, the UN force took over responsibility for security after the main northern towns had been recaptured.
同年7月，北方大部城镇被夺回后，联合国武装接管了当地的安全事务。
Militancy in Mali
马里的军事动乱：
October 2011: Ethnic Tuaregs launch rebellion after returning with arms from Libya
2011年10月：图阿雷格族从利比亚返回的雇佣兵发动了叛乱。
March 2012: Army coup over government’s handling of rebellion; a month later Tuareg and al-Qaeda-linked fighters seize control of north
2012年3月：由于政府平判无方军队发动政变。一个月后，图阿雷格武装和与基地组织有关的势力占领了北部。
January 2013: Islamist fighters capture a central town, raising fears they could reach Bamako. Mali requests French help
2013年1月：伊斯兰武装占领了一个中心城镇，增加了他们将占领首都巴马科的担忧。马里请求法国支援。
July 2013: UN force, now totalling about 12,000, takes over responsibility for securing the north after Islamists routed from towns.
2013年7月：伊斯兰武装从这个小镇撤退后，联合国部队承担了北方的安全保障责任，目前军队已达12000人。
July 2014: France launches an operation in the Sahel to stem jihadist groupsAttacks continue in northern desert area, blamed on Tuareg and Islamist groups
2014年7月：法国在萨赫勒地区启动了对抗圣战组织的行动。北部沙漠地区仍然持续受到来自图阿雷格和伊斯兰武装的袭击。
2015: Terror attacks in the capital, Bamako, and central Mali
2015年：恐怖分子袭击了首都巴马科以及马里中部。
