Blast during UN visit to Somalia

The United Nations’ top humanitarian official made a landmark visit to battle-scarred Mogadishu today, but the trip was disrupted by an explosion that killed three people and wounded one near the UN compound there.

Blast during UN visit to Somalia

The United Nations’ top humanitarian official made a landmark visit to battle-scarred Mogadishu today, but the trip was disrupted by an explosion that killed three people and wounded one near the UN compound there.

John Holmes, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, is the highest ranking UN official to visit Mogadishu in more than a decade. His tour of the city and his meeting with president Abdullahi Yusuf was delayed briefly when the blast near the compound prompted a series of security briefings.

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