An explosion at an outpatient clinic run by the African Union (AU) mission in Somalia (AMISOM) near the Mogadishu airport kills at least one person.
AU Spokesman Barigye Ba-hoku said late Monday that he was not sure whether the explosion was caused by a bomb or a mortar. The explosion occurred at a time when the clinic was being closed.
The medical unit, located near the main Halane base behind Mogadishu's airport, treats Somalis wounded in the almost daily violence in the capital.
Militants often fire mortar rounds at AMISOM's airport base but most land without causing casualties.
AMISOM, made up of troops from Uganda and Burundi, have some 2,500 peacekeepers in Mogadishu. They protect key sites and Somalia's fragile western-backed government.
The country's ongoing violence has killed 19,000 civilians since 2007 and driven 1.5 million more from their homes, triggering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
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An explosion at an outpatient clinic run by the African Union (AU) mission in Somalia (AMISOM) near the Mogadishu airport kills at least one person.
