Somalia: Separate bombs kill 50 in Somalia

(SomaliNet) According to residents, separate bomb attacks targeting the army in Somalia have killed nearly 50 people.

In one clash on Friday, Ethiopian troops opened fire on civilians on a road out of Mogadishu when a vehicle in their convoy was bombed.

At least 38 people were killed and 16 others injured in the incident.

In a separate attack, about five people were killed when a roadside bomb exploded as government troops checked out a street ahead of a presidential motorcade.

President Abdullahi Yusuf, Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussain and the parliamentary speaker were heading to Ethiopia for talks. They later managed to leave the country, officials said.-Agencies