Somali men retrieve the dead body of a person who Somali men retrieve the dead body of a person who was killed when a car bomb targeted a police station in the Waberi neighborhood, where President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was visiting a university, in the capital Mogadishu, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016. By Mohamed Abdiwahab (AFP)

Mogadishu (AFP) - A car bomb exploded near a busy market in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday killing at least eight people, police said, as medical sources warned the toll could be far higher. The Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab often carries out such attacks in the capital, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility by the group, which wants to topple the Western-backed government and impose its strict interpretation of Islam. Despite being ousted from most of its key strongholds in south and central Somalia, the group continues to launch deadly guerrilla attacks against the Somali government and African Union forces across large parts of the horn of Africa nation.
A car bomb kills at least 20 in Mogadishu.