Al-Qaeda convoy en route to Mali 'destroyed' by French

French forces intercepted Islamists smuggling weapons from Libya

An al-Qaeda convoy carrying a shipment of weapons from North Africa to Mali has been destroyed by French forces, according to officials in Paris.
The convoy was transporting its cargo from Libya but was destroyed as it passed through neighbouring Niger.
French troops temporarily intervened in Mali in 2013 to fight al-Qaeda-linked militants.
UN peacekeepers are now stationed in the country but are being attacked by the Islamist insurgents.
"The intervention enabled a large quantity of weapons to be seized and to neutralise a number of those in the convoy, including some who were captured," a statement from the office of French President Francois Hollande said.

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