Somalia, AU condemn "despicable" attack on presidential convoy

People react and walk among rubbles following an attack outside an hotel on January 25, 2017, in Mogadishu. At least seven people were killed after two car bombs exploded outside a popular Mogadishu hotel and gunmen forced their way inside the building and opened fire, police said. [AFP]

Somalia and the African Union (AU) have condemned a terrorist attack that targeted President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's convoy in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Tuesday.

In separate statements, Somalia's Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism and Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, chairperson of the AU Commission, condemned the car bomb attack on the convoy as the president was traveling to the frontlines in central Somalia to shore up the fight against al-Shabab.