Sources: BBC
Former Somali presidents Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed denounce the administration of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for its management of public land in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, accusing it of violating constitutional safeguards and forcibly displacing impoverished families. 2025-08-19
At least three people are killed amid fierce clashes between security forces and local militants in Somalia's capital city Mogadishu due to tensions over residential building evictions and demolitions. 2025-08-14
Four Emirati soldiers and a Bahraini military officer are killed, while ten other people are injured, when a soldier opens fire at a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia, before being killed in the ensuing shootout. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. 2024-02-10
One soldier is killed and six others are injured in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. 2022-09-25
Al-Shabaab, an ally of Al-Qaeda, claims responsibility for the suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, that killed nearly 90 people. 2019-12-30
Somali Public Works Minister Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji is shot and killed inside his vehicle by security forces near the Villa Somalia in the capital Mogadishu, after mistaking him for a militant. 2017-05-3
A mosque under refurbishment in Mogadishu, Somalia, collapses, killing at least 15 people and injuring around 40. Hundreds more are thought to be buried under the rubble. 2016-04-30
Eight people are dead after a suicide bomber rams an explosive-laden car into a convoy carrying Qatari officials through the center of Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. 2013-05-5
Somali security forces kill two suicide bombers trying to infiltrate a meeting of 825 Somali elders discussing the country's new constitution in Mogadishu. 2012-08-1
A suicide bomber detonates an explosion in Somalia's national theatre in Mogadishu while a ceremony is taking place, killing at least ten people, including the presidents of the Somali Olympic Committee and the Somali Football Federation. [http:--www.winnipegfreepress.com-world-suicide-blast-in-somalia-national-theatre-during-ceremony-deaths-injuries-feared-146063765.html (AP via "Winnipeg Free Press")] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-africa-17609047 (BBC)] [http:--www.ajc.com-news-nation-world-2-somalia-sport-officials-1406492.html (AP via "Atlanta Journal Constitution")]date=August 2019 2012-04-4