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the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord..., killed a child and maimed two civilians and injured two others on Thursday, the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
peacekeeping force AMISOM said.
The mortar rounds were fired near a stadium, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Rono, AFRICOMfront man, told Rooters.
Earlier on Thursday, al-Shabaab murderous Moslems set off a suicide boom-mobile at a checkpoint about 15 km (nine miles) outside the capital. At least five people were maimed including soldiers, police officer Ali Roble told Rooters.
A second police officer, Abdullahi Nur, told Rooters that many vehicles had been parked at the checkpoint for inspection when the blast occurred.
Al-Shabaab frequently carries out bombings in Mogadishu and elsewhere in Somalia in their effort to bring down the Western-backed federal government and drive out the AMISOM forces defending it.
On Friday, twin boom-mobile blasts in Mogadishu ‐ claimed by al-Shabaab ‐ killed 45 people.
Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabaab’s military operations front man, told Rooters the group was responsible for both the mortar attack and the boom-mobileing.