Sources: Aljazeera
The Government of Puntland states that federal executive and legislative mandates under the Somali provisional constitution have ended, as federal institutions enter a transitional phase with unclear mandates. 2026-05-21
The Banadir Regional Court in Mogadishu, Somalia, issues an arrest warrant for Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe, accusing Madobe of treason and violating the constitution. In response, the regional court in Kismayo, Jubaland, announces a $100,000 reward for the arrest of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing Hassan of treason, undermining national unity, and conspiring with Al-Shabaab militia. 2024-11-27
Eight people are killed when a military plane crashes in Lamu County, Kenya, near the border with Somalia. 2023-09-19
Somalia orders all government employees in ministries and departments except directors and senior staff to work from home following an increase in COVID-19 cases. 2021-02-17
A suicide bombing in a restaurant in Galkayo, Somalia, kills three military officials and two soldiers. Eight more people are injured, some critically. al-Shabaab claims responsibility. 2018-04-28
A suicide bomber detonates a vehicle loaded with explosives at a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing 15 people. 2015-07-26
A U.S. drone strike in Somalia near the town of Bardhere kills the mastermind al-Shabab terrorist Aden Garaar responsible for the September 2013 three-day siege Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, in which 67 people were killed by four gunmen. 2015-03-12
A Somali man Omer Abdi Mohamed pleads guilty in the US city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to helping recruit people to travel to Somalia to assist the terror group al-Shabab. 2011-07-18
U.S. magazine "Foreign Policy" releases its index of "failed states", with the editor labeling Somalia as an "unequivocably failed state". 2011-06-20
Piracy in Somalia: A South Korean warship catches up with an oil tanker that was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. 2010-04-6