20 people are dead in Somalia's capital after a bomb hidden under a pile of garbage exploded on a main road. An eyewitness said at least ten female street cleaners were among the dead...Another 47 injured.Hospital officials say most were women and children ... Many in critical condition.In a separate attack in the northern part of the city ... witnesses report Islamic insurgents targeting military bases of Somali government troops and Ethiopian allies.A resident said he saw the bodies of three government soldiers lying in the street. Authorities could not immediately be reached for comment on those attacks.The explosion comes on the heels of last month's peace agreement ... fueling power struggles between the transitional government and Islamic insurgents. Somalia has been engaged in civil war since for more than 15 years.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."