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WORLD NEWS Friday 29 September 2017
Somalia police say car bomb blast kills 5 in capital

By ABDI GULED a series of attacks by the Is-
Associated Press lamic extremist rebels of al-
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Shabab, who are linked to
— A car bomb explosion Al-Qaida and fighting the
in Somalia’s capital late Somali government and
Thursday has killed at least African Union forces in the
five people, police say. country.
The blast was by a car There was no immedi-
parked outside a restau- ate claim of responsibility
rant in Mogadishu’s Hamar- for the blast. However al-
weyne district and killed Shabab often carries out
mostly civilians, said Capt. such attacks. Despite be-
Mohamed Hussein. ing ousted from large parts
The explosion shattered a of the south and central
period of calm in this sea- Somalia, the insurgents Security forces stand near the wreckage of a minibus at the scene of a car bomb attack in
side city which has a large continue deadly attacks Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Police say the explosion outside a restaurant in
security presence following across the country.q Mogadishu’s Hamarweyne district has killed a number of people, mostly civilians.
(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Kenya opposition leader to organize protests; talks flop

By TOM ODULA electoral commission, the had infiltrated them and ing party is teetering to- the days of dictatorship,” he
Associated Press ruling party and his repre- changed the voting results. ward dictatorship. He said said. “Jubilee want to bring
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — sentatives on how to hold The talks over the new elec- his running mate, former a presidential election they
Kenya’s opposition leader fresh presidential elections. tions failed because the Vice President Kalonzo will win at all costs,” said
Raila Odinga on Thursday Kenya’s electoral commis- opposition objects to Ke- Musyoka, was stopped at Odinga. Electoral Com-
announced he will orga- sion set Oct. 26 to rerun the nyatta’s ruling Jubilee Party the airport earlier Thursday mission Chairman Wafula
nize protests to push for presidential elections after is planning to use its major- while about to travel out of Chebukati said the laws
reforms to the electoral the Supreme Court nullified ity in parliament to remove the country and was told that are in place are suffi-
commission and to stop the President Uhuru Kenyatta’s a requirement that results he had to seek clearance cient. “We don’t need any
ruling party from removing August re-election citing be transmitted electroni- from the presidency for in- other law for purposes of
safeguards against elec- a lack of verification of re- cally, Odinga’s representa- ternational travel. Odinga, Oct. 26 elections,” he said.
toral fraud ahead of fresh sults. The Supreme Court tive Senator James Orengo a former prime minister said Odinga has said he will not
presidential elections. also objected to the elec- said. That measure was in- his police security and that participate in the fresh poll
Odinga called for the toral commission’s refusal troduced to curb electoral of Musyoka had been re- without major reforms to
countrywide protests next to open its computer sys- fraud following the 2007 moved as a way of intimi- the electoral commission.
week after talks collapsed tems to investigate Odin- flawed poll, he said. dating them. “Jubilee want Kenyatta has said he does
Thursday between the ga’s charge that hackers Odinga charged the rul- to take us backward ... to not want any changes.q