Sources: BBC
Following a defense pact signed by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi earlier this month, Egypt deploys two C-130 aircraft carrying military officers and equipment to Mogadishu, Somalia, as the initial phase of a significant deployment that will see up to 10,000 Egyptian soldiers stationed in Somalia. 2024-08-27
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
Three people are killed and seven others injured after an al-Shabaab suicide bomber blew himself up at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. 2020-09-10
The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2093 that partially lifts a decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for one year, allowing the government in Mogadishu to buy weapons to strengthen its security forces to fight al-Qaeda linked Islamists. 2013-03-6
A suicide bomber detonates an explosion in Somalia's national theatre in Mogadishu while a ceremony is taking place, killing at least ten people, including the presidents of the Somali Olympic Committee and the Somali Football Federation. [http:--www.winnipegfreepress.com-world-suicide-blast-in-somalia-national-theatre-during-ceremony-deaths-injuries-feared-146063765.html (AP via "Winnipeg Free Press")] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-africa-17609047 (BBC)] [http:--www.ajc.com-news-nation-world-2-somalia-sport-officials-1406492.html (AP via "Atlanta Journal Constitution")]date=August 2019 2012-04-4
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
At least 130 people are killed in a car bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu. 2011-10-4
Fighting erupts in the Somali capital Mogadishu a day after al Shabaab rebels had reportedly left the city. 2011-08-7
Police in Somalia say they have foiled an attack by Islamist militants against the seaport in the capital Mogadishu. 2010-09-11
The al-Shabaab rebel group in Somalia says it has called 11 truckloads of reinforcements to take over the capital Mogadishu after a week-long battle. 2010-08-27