Four Malian soldiers were killed and one seriously injured on Saturday when an explosive device detonated as their vehicle drove by in the centre of the country , a military source told AFP .
The explosion in the Koro region , near Mali’ s border with Burkina Faso , comes just days after a military putsch against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita .
In another development , West African envoys will meet ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Saturday , a member of the delegation said
The envoys are due to meet members of the junta at 1600 GMT and will then meet Keita , who was detained by the rebel soldiers in Tuesday’ s putsch along with a number of other Malian government and army officials , the source from the West African bloc ECOWAS said on condition of anonymity .
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