Sources: Reuters
The Somali intelligence and security agency says that security forces have killed nine al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle, Somalia. 2026-04-4
Jubaland forces and American troops conducted a four-day operation that killed more than 60 al-Shabaab insurgents in Lower Juba, Jubaland, Somalia. 2026-02-15
A commercial tanker is attacked by suspected Somali pirates off the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia. 2025-11-3
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
New America, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, reports that U.S. airstrikes in Somalia targeting Al-Shabaab and Islamic State militants resulted in up to 174 fatalities, including an estimated six to 30 civilian casualties, in 2025. 2025-06-2
At least 30 Burundian peacekeepers are killed and 20 more injured during an al-Shabaab attack at an African Union military base in Lower Shabelle, Somalia. 2022-05-3
Unicef states that a child dies from malnutrition every six minutes (250 a day) in Somalia. 2011-07-23
Clashes between rival clans in northern Somalia kill around 35 people and injure 40 others. 2010-12-8
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