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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

Somali Civil War: Al-Shabaab militants withdraw from the Somali port city of Kismayo after Somali and African Union forces launched a coordinated assault on Kismayo on Friday.
2012-09-29

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

More than 200 Islamist insurgents surrender to African Union troops in Jowhar, Somalia. Al-Shabaab kills a member of the Somali Parliament and threatens to kill more.
2012-09-23

In Somalia, more than fifty Al-Shabaab fighters are killed as African Union Kenyan peacekeepers, and the Somali National Army, continue their march towards the port city of Kismayo.
2012-09-11

Somali and African Union forces make gains against al-Shabaab rebels in Mogadishu.
2011-07-2

African Union and Somali troops advance on Mogadishu's Bakara market, a rebel-held area, amid intense fighting.
2011-05-22

Fifty-three African Union peacekeepers were killed in fighting in Somalia.
2011-03-4

The African Union says its forces have captured 40% of the Somali capital Mogadishu from Islamist militants in a recent offensive.
2010-10-7

Anti-government demonstrators, including women dressed in full hijabs brandishing AK-47 automatic rifles, march in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, protesting killings by the African Union Mission in Somalia.
2010-07-5