Sources: BBC
At least seven people are killed and injured and several prisoners escape in an attack on a National Intelligence and Security Agency prison by militant group Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Somali government reports that no civilian or security officers were killed, and that all seven attackers were killed. 2025-10-4
At least seven people die and others are injured over two districts in Mogadishu, Somalia, after a flood triggered by severe rainfall sweeps infrastructure including Aden Adde Airport. The rain also collapses nine houses and floods over 200 others. 2025-05-10
A suicide bomber blows himself up at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing three people and wounding several more. The restaurant was frequented by members of the security forces as it is near to a security agency. 2021-08-19
A suspected Al-Shabab suicide bomber blows open the gate of Mogadishu's Nasa-Hablod hotel in Somalia, before militant fighters storm the building. Officials said at least 15 were killed, 25 injured, and an unknown number of guests were taken hostage. 2016-06-25
Al Shabaab militants have stormed two hotels in Somalia's capital Mogadishu killing at least 10 civilians. 2015-07-10
A car bomb and suicide bomber kills 15 at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. 2013-09-7
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Prime Minister of the United Nations-backed Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, calls on UN agencies basing themselves in Kenya for safety reasons to move to Mogadishu within three months, citing the presence of UN agencies in "more dangerous" cities such as Kabul and Baghdad. 2011-04-5
South Korea will fly the bodies of eight Somali pirates killed in a commando raid on a freighter last month from Muscat, Oman, to Mogadishu, Somalia. 2011-02-16
Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab threaten more attacks in Burundi and Uganda in retaliation for their participation in an African Union peacekeeping operation in the country. Meanwhile, seven people are killed in fighting in the capital Mogadishu. 2010-11-7
UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie appeals for safety in Somalia for thousands of Somalis trapped in the country’s capital of Mogadishu. 2010-04-19