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| Blasts hit Somalia peacekeepers | Blasts hit Somalia peacekeepers |
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| Two huge explosions have gone off at an African Union peacekeepers' base in the Somali capital, witnesses say. | |
| The Islamist al-Shabab group has said it carried out a double suicide attack, reports the AFP news agency. One witness said he had seen two bodies. | The Islamist al-Shabab group has said it carried out a double suicide attack, reports the AFP news agency. One witness said he had seen two bodies. |
| Six bleeding peacekeepers were seen being carried away from the Mogadishu base, says Reuters news agency. | |
| Al-Shabab on Tuesday vowed to avenge a US raid in southern Somalia, which reportedly killed an al-Qaeda suspect. | Al-Shabab on Tuesday vowed to avenge a US raid in southern Somalia, which reportedly killed an al-Qaeda suspect. |
| "I have seen the bodies of two people who were brought from the area," said a witness, Ali Mohamed, adding that they looked like Somalis, AFP reports. | |
| There are some 5,000 AU troops from Uganda and Burundi in Mogadishu, protecting the weak, UN-backed government. | There are some 5,000 AU troops from Uganda and Burundi in Mogadishu, protecting the weak, UN-backed government. |
| Earlier, al-Shabab demanded that France ensure that AU forces are pulled out of Somalia. | |
| This was one of several demands issued by al-Shabab for the release of a French security adviser captured in July. |