Somalia bombings leave at least 18 dead

At least 18 people were killed in Somalia on Saturday in two bomb attacks carried out by suspected Al Shabaab militants in the south of the country and the capital Mogadishu, officials said.

In the first attack, a suicide bomber drove a vehicle laden with explosives into a base on the outskirts of the southern city of Kismayo, where African Union peacekeepers from Kenya as well as Somali government soldiers are stationed.