KAMPALA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday condemned the terror attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu that killed 276 people.
"Uganda strongly condemns the cowardly terrorist attacks in Mogadishu that left hundreds dead. Condolences to the people of Somalia," Museveni said in a twitter message.
Uganda provides the bulk of the African Union peacekeeping troops in Somalia that are helping to pacify the country.
A truck bomb on Saturday went off in Mogadishu leaving over 270 people dead and hundreds injured.
The Somali government has declared three days on national mourning.