A government official says a roadside kaboom in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has killed 11 civilians and maimed many others.Local district commissioner Ahmed Addow says the bomb went
kaboom!in Mogadishu's Medina neighborhood.
The Medina neighborhood is where the city's airport and the main base for the 9,000-strong African Union force are located. It is generally considered the safest area in the capital.
In recent weeks the AU has been pushing the Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab
... successor to the Islamic Courts...
bully boyz out of the last district in the capital that al-Shabaab controls. The AU supports the weak UN-backed government.
Kenyan soldiers have also entered Somalia from the south to fight al-Shabaab.