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Independent AfricaNew $1m fund for Somali bomb victims

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New $1m fund for Somali bomb victims

The Somali government has created a $1m (£867,000) emergency fund to help people affected by twin bombings in the capital city on Saturday, that killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300.

Two private firms have also pledged support towards the victims’ fund.

Major security changes are also planned following this latest attack, says the government, which is Somalia’s deadliest since a truck bombing in the same area five years ago that killed more than 500 people.

An uneasy calm has settled over the Zobe area of Mogadishu since Saturday’s attack. The road where it happened reopened Sunday night to public traffic.

But the lasting damage is plain to see, as buildings which hosted many businesses in the vicinity have been destroyed by the impact of the twin blasts.

Source: BBC

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