Sources: ABC News IOL
The Somali federal government fails to ensure the timely succession of the Federal Parliament, as its term expired on 14 April. The lapse creates significant uncertainty, with no clear plan for forthcoming elections following a series of constitutional crises. 2026-04-14
At least 55 people are killed and 155 others are injured in fighting between the Dir and Marehan clans in central Somalia. 2024-06-10
At least 20 people are killed in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia. 2023-09-23
A regional official in Somalia says that they are working to free a Panama-flagged ship's crew that was hijacked yesterday by pirates in the first successful incident since 2017. The number of crew and their nationalities remain unclear. The ship was traveling from the United Arab Emirates to the port of Mogadishu. 2020-08-20
The Royal Australian Navy seizes a large cache of weapons from a fishing vessel near Oman's coast, that was bound for Somalia. The Australian Navy, which patrols waters around the Indian Ocean as part of an international maritime force, said it has seized nearly 2,000 AK-47 rifles, 100 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 49 PKM machine guns, 39 PKM spare barrels and 20 mortar tubes from the stateless vessel. 20 tonnes of weaponry in total. 2016-03-7
An African Union base in Beledweyne, Somalia, is stormed by armed attackers, resulting in the deaths of 19 people. 2013-11-19
A truck bomb detonates at an Ethiopian military base in Somalia. 2012-01-25
African Union and Somali troops advance on Mogadishu's Bakara market, a rebel-held area, amid intense fighting. 2011-05-22
7 people are killed in a roadside bomb and shooting incident in the Somali capital Mogadishu. 2010-12-20