Sources: Reuters
At least six people are killed and ten others are injured after a fresh outbreak of tribal violence in the Galgaduud region of Somalia. 2025-07-17
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
U.S. airstrikes kill twelve al-Shabaab insurgents in central Somalia, while a separate airstrike destroys an unflagged vessel suspected of carrying weapons for the militant group off the Somali coast. 2025-04-17
A knifeman kills two elderly people after storming their home and then tries to attack police officers on a highway in Brisbane, Australia. The attacker, who is shot dead by police, has been identified as a 22-year-old man inspired by the Islamic State. He was arrested in early 2019 when he tried to join the group in Somalia. 2020-12-17
Al-Shabaab, an ally of Al-Qaeda, claims responsibility for the suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, that killed nearly 90 people. 2019-12-30
A mosque under refurbishment in the Somalian capital Mogadishu collapses during Friday prayers resulting in at least 15 deaths. 2016-04-29
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
Fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu leaves at least 15 people dead and 25 injured. 2010-11-30
Gunmen abduct British and local Save the Children aid workers from a compound in western Somalia. 2010-10-15
Fighting in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has killed 60 people since March 10. 2010-03-13