A sudden explosion of unexploded ordnance in southern Somalia left at least 27 people dead and 53 injured. According to the media of this country, at least 25 of the dead are children between 10 and 15 years old.
A car bomb explosion at a checkpoint near the parliament in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has left at least four people dead and 10 others injured, police say.
Two explosions followed by gunfire were heard on Saturday along a road housing government ministries in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses and police told media.
Al-Shabab gunmen and a car bomber have struck a religious center in central Somalia, killing a cleric and at least 14 of his followers, a police officer says.