<span style="color: #222222;">In Somalia, at least six government officials have been killed and several others, including the Mogadishu mayor, injured in a suicide bomb attack at the municipal headquarters.<br />''<br />''A police officer said that Mogadishu Mayor was rushed to hospital after the attack in which two district commissioners and a former city official are among the deceased.<br />''<br />''Witnesses said the bomber detonated explosives which were strapped to his waist, killing those who were meeting at the mayor's office yesterday.<br />''<br />''James Swan, special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, had left the headquarters before the attack. The UN envoy said he paid a courtesy call on the mayor and held talks with him and his team.<br />''<br />''Terror group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack.</span><br />