The blast in Mogadishu involved a bomb-rigged car that was parked on a road near the National Theatre, about 1km away from the president's office.

The Somali prime minister accuses Ethiopia of violating territorial integrity and attempting to unlawfully annex part of Somalia, an accusation Ethiopia denies

At least six people were killed and 10 others injured on Saturday in two separate bomb blasts in Somalia, just a day after Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre addressed the United Nations, accusing Ethiopia of violating Somalia's territorial integrity.

At six people were killed and 10 injured on Saturday by bomb explosions in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and a town in the country's Middle Shabelle region, police and witnesses said. It was not immediately clear who had carried out the attacks,

Al Shabaab has been fighting for years to topple Somalia’s central government and establish its own rule based on its strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.

The blasts occurred in two separate locations - one near the National Theatre in Mogadishu, about a kilometre from the president's office, and another in a livestock market in Jowhar city.