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At least five people are killed and eight others are injured in a series of roadside explosions in Kahda District, Mogadishu, Somalia. The local government blames jihadist group Al-Shabaab due to its frequent targeting of civilians.
2024-09-14

An al-Shabaab member blows himself up outside a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing three guards and two security forces. Six gunmen then stormed the hotel in 13-hour siege, causing a gunfight with the army in which three soldiers and the six attackers are killed. Twenty-seven other people are wounded.
2024-03-14

A suicide bomber blows himself up outside the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, while gunmen storm the hotel and open fire. Five people are killed in the al-Shabaab attack, including a former military general; ten civilians are wounded. The three other attackers are shot dead during a gun battle with security forces.
2021-01-31

A suicide car bomber detonates at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia, injuring at least five people.
2020-07-4

A car bomb blast in Mogadishu, near the Weheliye hotel in the Somali capital, kills at least 14 people and injures 10 others. Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the blast.
2018-03-22

Five soldiers and a military officer are killed in an explosion in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
2013-12-27

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni becomes the first foreign leader to visit the Somali capital Mogadishu in 20 years.
2010-11-28

Islamist al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia seize control of 2 independent radio stations in the capital Mogadishu.
2010-09-19

Fighting in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has killed 60 people since March 10.
2010-03-13

Several people are killed in heavy fighting in the Somalian capital Mogadishu.
2010-01-29