Another explosion kills 10 in Somalia

At least 10 people confirmed dead after an attack near Mogadishu on Sunday.

According to reports, several women were among those killed in Sunday’s roadside explosion that hit a minibus carrying passengers some 36km southeast of the coastal city, this happens a week after a massacre in Mogadishu killed more than 350 people in the capital,

The victims are said to be farmers.

The bus that was blown up had been heading to Balad town in Middle Shabelle region, according to Harun Osman, a local resident.

No group has claimed the responsibility for the explosion but al-Shabab has carried out similar attacks in and around the capital in recent months.