The attack was condemned by the African Union and the United Nations, which said that none of its personnel were among the confirmed dead.
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Two explosions near the airport in the Somali capital of Mogadishu have killed at least a dozen people, according to security officials.
The al-Shabab armed group said it was responsible for the attack.
At least 14 people have been killed when Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab detonated two bombs on an approach road to Mogadishu’s worldwide airport, police said. The guards were from a private security firm, said a police official, who insisted on anonymity.
Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for a double suicide auto bombing in Mogadishu on Tuesday which killed at least 13 people.
“In Somalia, al-Shabab has aspired since its founding about 10 years ago to rule the country under a fanatical interpretation of Sharia law”.
Al-Shabaab have also carried out cross border raids into neighbouring Kenya as a means to pressure the Nairobi government to withdraw its forces from the African Union deployment in Somalia.
AMISOM troops were deployed to Somalia in 2007 to defend the government against attacks by the Shabaab.
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The AMISOM force, deployed to Somalia since 2007, has managed to push al-Shabab out of Mogadishu, but the fighters still hold large expanses of territory and frequently launches hit-and-run attacks. Two trucks laden with explosives were driven towards a base of African Union troops and were detonated. Suspicion has, however, fallen on the militant group al-Shabab, which is waging an insurgency against Somalia’s weak U.N.-backed government.
