SOMALIA- Several soldiers, including some peole died in an explosion in Mogadishu, the Somali capital on Fiday.

CEOAFRICA.com gathered that some of those killed were said to have been collecting their salaries at an army base in an area called Dayniile.

It was also reported that the owner of a café which was hit was part of those that died in the attackq

The owner of a cafe which was hit was also among the dead.

The cause of the explosion is not clear but militant Islamist group al-Shabab stages sporadic attacks in the city.

It would be recalled that the al-Qaeda-linked group was driven out of Mogadishu in 2011 but still controls many southern and central areas of the country.