Sources: BBC
A de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo cargo plane en route from Dhobley Airport in Lower Juba, Jubaland, to Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu, crashes in the Ceel Xabaaloow settlement in Lower Shabelle, South West State, killing all five Kenyan crew members on board. 2025-03-22
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
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
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
Eight people are dead after a suicide bomber rams an explosive-laden car into a convoy carrying Qatari officials through the center of Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. 2013-05-5
Militants attack Somalia's presidential palace in Mogadishu for the second night running. 2012-03-20
AMISOM troops raid Islamist hideouts in the Somali capital Mogadishu. 2012-01-20
The Islamist al-Shabaab rebels in Somalia pull out of the capital Mogadishu. 2011-08-6
Somali government forces and African Union troops expel al Qaeda-linked militants from their last outpost in the western part of Mogadishu, opening up a main road in the city. 2011-06-3
Several people are killed in a clash between Somali fighters and government forces in the capital Mogadishu. 2010-07-19