Sources: ABC News IOL
Heavy fighting erupts in Baidoa between Somali federal government forces and troops loyal to former South West State president Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed, following disputes over regional elections and the end of president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term tomorrow. Multiple sources confirm two senior Somali military officers from the 60th Division have been killed in a roadside ambush. 2026-05-14
Al-Shabaab militants ambush and kill two South West State soldiers who were travelling on motorcycles on the highway between Wanlaweyn and Afgooye in Lower Shabelle, Somalia. 2024-11-12
Two Somali National Army airstrikes kill 39 alleged al-Shabaab militants in Afgooye, Somalia. 2024-03-19
Two Kenyan guards and a Somali policeman are killed during a shooting attack by al-Shabaab gunmen at Mogadishu International Airport. Two of the attackers are also killed. Several more people are wounded. All domestic and international flights at the airport are suspended. 2022-03-23
Islamist militants launch two attacks against foreign forces in Somalia. A U.S. military base in Baledogle, Lower Shabelle, is stormed by attackers using two car bombs and guns, and an Italian peacekeeping convoy is targeted by additional bombs in Mogadishu. United States and Italian authorities both state no injuries occurred, although the suicide bombing against the Italian convoy destroyed a military vehicle and heavily damaged nearby buildings. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for both attacks. 2019-09-30
United States Africa Command says a U.S. airstrike has killed 35 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia's central Hiran administrative region. 2019-02-25
Kenyan Air Force planes attack the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab killing 80 of its fighters according to the African Union force in Somalia. 2014-06-23
Militants attack Somalia's presidential palace in Mogadishu for the second night running. 2012-03-20
The pro-government militia group of Ahlu Sunnah Waljama (ASW) in Somalia claims to have killed at least 91 Islamist fighters and wounded 170 others in Thursday's fierce clashes. 2010-06-4
Somalia's presidential palace is targeted by Al-Shabab militants in a mortar attack. 2010-05-23