At least eight people have been killed in an explosion at a livestock market in Somalia’s southwestern Bay region.
The US military has conducted an airstrike in Somalia in response to an attack by al-Shabaab militants against a Somali-led force and its accompanying US military advisors.
The United States military says it has killed 55 al-Shabaab militants during airstrikes over the past two days.
Kenya has joined the Global Coalition against Daesh, an international group of nations standing together in the fight against Islamic State.
At least 11 people were killed in a car bomb attack in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Monday.
Kenya has held a memorial in Nairobi to honour six of those who died in last week’s terrorist attack on a popular hotel in the capital.
The US military says it has killed 52 al-Shabaab extremists in Somalia during its deadliest airstrike in the country for months.
The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) says it is teaming up with troops in Somalia for a “massive offensive” against al-Shabaab after the militant group ambushed an Ethiopian peacekeeping convoy in Somalia.
Authorities in Kenya have arrested nine people over this week’s attack on a luxury hotel compound that killed at least 21 people.
Somalia has asked top UN official Nicholas Haysom to leave the country “as soon as possible” after accusing him of “interfering with the country’s internal affairs”.
