The Somalian government says a roadside bomb has exploded near the presidential palace and the attack by a militant group targeted the president's convoy

Al Shabaab militants targeted Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a bomb attack on his motorcade as it was traveling through the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the Islamist group said. Two senior government and military officials told Reuters that Mohamud was safe following the attack,

Somalia and the African Union (AU) have strongly denounced a terrorist attack on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s convoy in Mogadishu on Tuesday. The car bomb explosion targeted the president as he traveled to the frontlines in Hirshabelle to support military efforts against al-Shabab.