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The Somali Armed Forces claim to have recaptured the port town of Harardhere from Al-Shabaab militants. According to a Puntland officer, Somali forces allied with regional militias also recaptured the town of El Dhere.
2023-01-16

The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) says that a U.S. airstrike has killed around 60 al-Shabaab militants near Harardhere in central Somalia.
2018-10-16

Somali police say at least seven are dead after clashes as Somali and African Union troops pushed back al-Shabab extremists from Afgooye, a town near Mogadishu.
2016-10-18

A car bomb in Somalia kills at least six people at the gates of the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
2015-09-21

Kenyan AMISOM troops, advancing towards the al-Shabaab stronghold of Kismayo, "deliberately" shoot dead seven Somali civilians, according to a Somali Army spokesman. The Hizbul Islam faction announces that it leaves the al-Shabaab.
2012-09-24

A suicide bomber kills 14 people by detonating explosives at a cafe frequented by politicians and journalists in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2012-09-20

In Somalia, a new parliament is formed, with the new task of electing the country's president.
2012-08-20

Unicef states that a child dies from malnutrition every six minutes (250 a day) in Somalia.
2011-07-23

The Hizbul Islam group in Somalia join forces with al-Shabaab.
2010-12-24