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Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble announces that Somalia's presidential election will be held within 60 days following a two-month deadlock triggered by incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's refusal to leave office beyond the expiration of his term on February 8. This deadlock has also resulted in violent public protests in Mogadishu.
2021-05-27

Al-Shabaab, an ally of Al-Qaeda, claims responsibility for the suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, that killed nearly 90 people.
2019-12-30

Two car bombs kill at least 25 people, mostly police officers, near the national theater area in Mogadishu, Somalia, two weeks after a similar attack killed hundreds. Islamist group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
2017-10-28

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

AMISOM soldiers kill four Somali civilians in the town of Bulla Marer, southwest of Mogadishu. The AU Mission said scared soldiers opened fire when the car the civilians were driving failed to stop at a roadblock.
2016-04-16

A suicide bomber detonates a vehicle loaded with explosives at a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing 15 people.
2015-07-26

A car bomb explodes in central Mogadishu, Somalia, injuring two people.
2012-03-21

African Union and Somali troops advance on Mogadishu's Bakara market, a rebel-held area, amid intense fighting.
2011-05-22

At least 12 people are killed in fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia, between pro-government forces, African Union troops and the Islamist militant al-Shabaab group.
2010-11-1