At least 36 people have died in two separate waves of violence in Somalia – in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland and in the Lower Shabelle region.
Doctors said at least 26 people were killed in heavy fighting on Tuesday in Garowe, the state capital of Puntland.
Ten others died after remote-controlled bombs exploded in a village south-west of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Witnesses said several people were killed in the first explosion and a second bomb then went off as civilians and soldiers came to the rescue.