Sources: Reuters
Several people are killed and injured in a suicide bombing targeting the 14th October Brigade of the Somali Armed Forces at a military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. 2025-07-9
At least five Ugandan soldiers are killed and some others are injured when a military Mi-24 helicopter part of the African Union peacekeeping mission crashes near Aden Adde airport in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The helicopter carrying eight people had been arriving from an airfield in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. 2025-07-2
Nine people are killed and over 40 others injured by an al-Shabaab suicide car bombing and shooting attack at the Tawakal Hotel in Kismayo, Jubaland, Somalia. The three insurgent gunmen are killed during a gunfight with security forces. 2022-10-23
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
The United States is to deploy troops to Somalia for the first time since 1994 to help train the Somali Armed Forces in their conflict with al-Shabaab insurgents. 2017-04-14
Al Shabaab militants have stormed two hotels in Somalia's capital Mogadishu killing at least 10 civilians. 2015-07-10
A Somali man, Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, is charged in the US city of New York with assisting the terrorist groups Al Shaabab and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. 2011-07-5
The United Nations calls for the international community to increase support to Somalia as the country approaches the twentieth anniversary since the start of its civil war. 2011-01-24
Fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu leaves at least 15 people dead and 25 injured. 2010-11-30
Fighting in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has killed 60 people since March 10. 2010-03-13