MOGADISHU – At least eight people have been killed in a bomb blast in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, rescue workers say. The Islamist militant group al-Shabab said it carried out the attackThe blast took place on a road by the entrance to a camp for the Somali Air Force which is close to the international airport yesterday.Witnesses told the AFP news agency that a private security convoy, escorting foreigners, was passing by when the bomb exploded.“The blast was so huge that it has destroyed most of the buildings nearby the road and vehicles passing by the area,” Hassan Nur said.Meanwhile, the United Nations on Monday urged Somalia’s leaders to make good on their agreement for a new election timetable after repeated delays sparked a perilous political crisis.Under a deal announced late on Sunday after talks between Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and state leaders, parliamentary polls that should have wrapped up last year are now due […]
8 KILLED AS BOMB EXPLODES NEAR SOMALIA’S MAIN AIRPORT
