Sources: BBC
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre escape after security guards shoot down one of two drones hovering over Villa Somalia in Mogadishu, Somalia. The drones are believed to be used by ISIL and Al-Shabaab. This comes after previous Somali Civil Aviation Authority warnings. 2025-01-31
A suicide bombing at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills at least seven people and injures at least six others. Islamic terrorist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. 2024-10-17
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
Eight civilians and a soldier are killed and several others, including Somalia's internal security minister, are injured when al-Shabaab jihadists attack a hotel in Mogadishu frequented by Somali politicians. Five insurgents are also killed. 2022-11-27
At least 11 people are killed following an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia. 2019-03-28
At least six civilians and four militants are killed in attacks on two hotels in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. 2015-07-11
A car bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia, detonates, killing a member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia and injuring another. 2014-04-21
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
At least 20 people are killed in a series of bombings and gun attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia. 2013-04-14
A suicide bombing at a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu where newly elected president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud was holding a news conference kills at least four people. 2012-09-12