Sources: BBC
At least eight people are killed and 21 others are injured in a shootout between security forces and inmates at a prison in Mogadishu, Somalia, in an attempted prison break. The prisoners who attempted escape are allegedly al-Shabaab members. 2024-07-13
At least ten people have been killed in a shootout between jailed Al-Shabaab militants and security officers at a prison in Mogadishu, Somalia. An investigation is under way into how the militants obtained weapons, with some reports suggested that an inmate disarmed a warden and then a group of them raided the armoury. 2020-08-11
A suicide bomber attacks a government building in Mogadishu, Somalia, and causes the collapse of an adjacent school. Three deaths and 14 injuries are reported. 2018-09-2
A car bomb claimed by Al-Shabab kills five people including the driver and wounds around ten others outside Somalia's Parliament, Interior Ministry, and Presidential Palace buildings in Mogadishu. 2018-03-25
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 car bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia, detonates, killing a member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia and injuring another. 2014-04-21
Fighting erupts in the Somali capital Mogadishu a day after al Shabaab rebels had reportedly left the city. 2011-08-7
African Union and Somali troops advance on Mogadishu's Bakara market, a rebel-held area, amid intense fighting. 2011-05-22
7 people are killed in a roadside bomb and shooting incident in the Somali capital Mogadishu. 2010-12-20