[Shabelle] A jacket wallah killed 5 people, mostly Ethiopians in the southern Somali town ofBaidoaon Tuesday, when he detonated an explosive vest as he tried to enter a government security building, officials said.Reports said the bomber detonated his explosives in front of UN headquarters in the town, killing 5, three of them were confirmed to be Ethiopian spy while the two others were TFG troops officials.
Baidoa, located 250 kilometres (155 miles) northwest ofMogadishu, was the seat ofSomalia's transitional parliament until the hardline Shebab captured it three years ago.
Ethiopian soldiers fighting alongside Somali government forces took control of Baidoa in February.
African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
troops deployed in the town earlier this month, the first time the force has dispatched troops outside the capitalMogadishusince the 10,000-strong force was set up five years ago.
Al-Qaeda allied Shebab Orcs and similar vermin who launched a series of guerrilla attacks and vowed to topple the Western-backed government have immediately grabbed credit for Tuesday's bombing.
Earlier this month a kaboom in Baidoa's market killed at least 11 people and maimed several, an attack claimed by the Shebab.