Somalia is more dangerous for civilians than Afghanistan or Iraq, a group that works to prevent civilian deaths said.

A SUICIDE bomber and gunmen wearing military uniforms attacked a hotel near Somalia’s presidential palace yesterday, sparking a one-hour gun battle with security forces.

An explosion in Somalia’s capital has killed at least 20 people, an African Union spokesman said today.

A MAN tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that could have caused an explosion in a case bearing chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, officials told reporters yesterday.

A Somali national tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month with powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that together could have caused an explosion, officials said today.