A huge explosion has gone off in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.
A suicide bomber is reported to have targeted vehicles at a checkpoint along the highway to the Aden Adde International Airport.
The attack in an area called the Kilometre-Four Junction is said to have left several injured, including soldiers and civilians, according to local sources.
The area is less than 5km from the airport, where candidates vying for the presidency are meant to be delivering their campaign speeches to parliament.
The African Union mission in the country has imposed a curfew at the air force hangar and it surrounds – the venue for Sunday’s presidential election.
The president will be chosen by MPs from 39 candidates who have put themselves forward.
The complicated voting process, involving the election of members for two houses of parliament via an indirect system, has already been delayed for more than a year, partly because of insecurity in the country.
Last month, a mortar attack interrupted a parliamentary session where newly sworn-in MPs were sitting. Several people were injured.