This archive report was first published on 4 July 2020.
On Saturday, a wave of explosions rocked two of Somalia's largest cities, leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake.
According to officials, a suicide car bomber detonated near the port in Mogadishu, while a landmine exploded in a restaurant on the outskirts of Baidoa, killing at least four people.
Al-Shabab, a militant group fighting to overthrow Somalia's UN-recognised government, claimed responsibility for both attacks.
Ali Abdullahi, an official with the South West regional state, revealed that the landmine in Baidoa was detonated by remote control as people were dining during the morning rush, wounding several others.
Thick smoke billowed over the port area in Mogadishu after police Colonel Ahmed Ali confirmed that the car bomber detonated near the gates of the motor vehicle imports duty authority headquarters.
Witnesses described the blast as 'shaking the ground', with five police officers wounded in the explosion, according to police spokesman Sadik Aden Ali.
The blast also injured five people, who were taken to the city's Madina hospital, according to nurse Halima Nur.
Al-Shabab controls parts of southern and central Somalia and frequently targets the capital, Mogadishu, with suicide bombings.
