African Union force (AMISOM), said the truck loaded with barrels of fuel collided with Checkpoint outside of the residential complex in the government ministries K4 (four kilometers), area in Mogadishu, where students had gathered to record scholarships offered by Turkey.
Hundreds of parents stood and cried outside the Madina hospital in Mogadishu after being denied access for security reasons, and nurses said they were overwhelmed.
Al Shabaab insurgents who have carried out the attack later told Somalis to stay away from public buildings and military bases. "Explosion Worse is to come," spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage told reporters.
Truck axle exploded lay twisted blackened ground. Body draped with a red scarf to give the area. People corrugated iron sheets, rugs and a white card to make the destruction of corpses at an intersection normally occupied.
Ambulances rushed to and fro from the twisted, charred trees and burnt-out car.
"I was one of the first to arrive a few minutes after the explosion. I looked around me and reassured those who were still alive," said witness Abdi Halma.
Britain condemned the attack and France reiterated its support for UN-backed in the country's transitional government.
The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was appalled by the brutal attack.
"It is very difficult to prevent such terrorist attacks that we have constantly warned to be increasing," the UN special envoy for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga said.
The government said no senior officials were injured in the attack on the ministry building.
Burns and fractures
Al Shabaab fighters, most of the rebels pulled out of Mogadishu in August when government troops and soldiers of the African Union to take a lot of capital. But the rebels have promised to carry out further attacks on state institutions.
"AMISOM still consider Al Shabaab as a terrible team and work with other partners to end their horrible attacks against civilians," spokesman for the AU force said Paddy Ankunda.
Blast kiosks near the apartment complex and give the charred body near the burning car. Debris from the explosion landed hundreds of yards away.
Dozens of people suffering from burns went to a nearby hospital and the police tried to evacuate more people trapped inside damaged buildings. The doctors said they were shocked by the number of victims in a city that has endured years of violence.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said that more than 90 people, including five women and nine children were hospitalized at the Madina Hospital, many with burns and fractures.
Some analysts said concern about the explosion could be invited international organizations to help victims of famine in Somalia, to withdraw, when operating in the hands of local organizations to expose corruption, theft, or militias.
"Most of the aid organizations complained about the lack of security, and this may delay the international organizations to go anywhere near Mogadishu today," said Mohammed Hamza, a London-based analyst Somalia. "This is my biggest fear right now."
President Ahmed Said al-Shabaab could not have "attacked by the Somali people at a worse time," as the country grapples with its worst drought hit the country for decades, but has promised to push back the rebels.
"They can not attack our decision and we will distract the attention of a future in our own safety, united in peace and prosperity," he said in a statement.
Suicide Bombers
After al Shabaab fighters withdrew from Mogadishu in August, analysts warned the conflict was far from over and the change in tactics of the rebels' could be the prelude to a wave of al-Qaeda-style attacks.
Other analysts said that the attack was a stark reminder group still poses a threat to Somalia and other countries in the region. Al Shabaab killed 79 people watching the World Cup final in Uganda last year.
Analysts said the blast also highlighted the government's failure to take advantage of the withdrawal in August.
"The fact that Al-Shabaab has reoccupied at least three quarters, she abandoned at the time and is apparently able to operate freely in the other, as far away from where the attack is an indictment the regime's inability to exploit the opportunity that was presented at a silver platter, "said J. Peter Pham, director for Africa with the American think-tank the Atlantic Council.
Al-Shabaab has used suicide bombers to devastating effect in the latest attacks of the compounds of the African Union, government buildings and medical graduation ceremony.
The militants are still rampant larger pieces of southern and central Somalia, which is also experiencing a famine. Al-Shabaab appeared to be defensive and there were reports of internal strife and financial problems.
However, Al Shabaab has renewed its attacks against government troops and militias near the border with Kenya in recent weeks and the Kenyan government has also accused the militants of the kidnapping of two Western tourists in its resorts.
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