BAMAKO( Reuters)-Five gendarmes were killed and four were injured when a convoy they were escorting to an Australian-owned gold mine in southern Mali came under attack by militants, the army said. The al Qaeda-linked Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin( JNIM) has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack, Menastream, a risk consultancy group that monitors jihadist activity across the Sahel region, reported on Wednesday. Armed attacks by Islamist militants and other groups are common across v