UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Saturday's improvised explosive device attacks against a UN peacekeeping mission convoy in Mali near Tessalit, Kidal region, in which a peacekeeper from Egypt was killed and four others were seriously injured.

The secretary-general expressed his deep condolences to the family of the victim, as well as the government and people of Egypt. He wished a speedy recovery to the injured, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, in a statement.