Sources: BBC
At least five Ugandan soldiers are killed and some others are injured when a military Mi-24 helicopter part of the African Union peacekeeping mission crashes near Aden Adde airport in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The helicopter carrying eight people had been arriving from an airfield in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. 2025-07-2
Somalia opens its first public oxygen plant in Mogadishu to treat patients infected with COVID-19. The new plant was purchased from Turkey by a local foundation for $240,700. 2021-09-30
Eleven people are killed in bomb attacks outside a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu. 2014-01-1
A suspected U.S. drone strike kills at least two Islamist Al-Shabaab insurgents and commander driving in a car south of the Somali capital Mogadishu. 2013-10-28
Nineteen people are killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in suicide bombings and firefights between Al-Shabaab militants and government forces. 2013-05-8
The Islamist group Al-Shabab claims responsibility for a car bombing in the Somalian capital Mogadishu which claims at least ten people and injures at least 20. 2012-02-8
Somali and African Union forces make gains against al-Shabaab rebels in Mogadishu. 2011-07-2
The African Union says its forces have captured 40% of the Somali capital Mogadishu from Islamist militants in a recent offensive. 2010-10-7
A roadside bomb and mortar attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu kill at least 14 people and injure several others. 2010-08-31
Fighting between government troops and police in Somalia leaves at least 13 people dead and 14 injured in the capital Mogadishu. 2010-06-13