A French soldier stationed in Mali has been killed when his armoured car drove over a landmine.
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France's defence ministry said that the officer was travelling in a logistics convoy heading north from Gao when the explosion hit.
Three other soldiers were wounded in the blast.
The office of the French president said in a statement on Twitter:
"President Francois Hollande has learned with sadness of the death of a French soldier, killed this morning in northern Mali".
BBC Africa
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