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Ten people are killed by al-Shabaab militants at a military base in Galguduud, Somalia.
2022-11-7

Russia announces sanctions on eleven British Overseas Territories, accusing them of "unfriendly actions" against Moscow. With these sanctions, the United Kingdom and all 14 British Overseas Territories are now on Russia's list of sanctioned territories.
2022-10-30

Somalia seizes US$9.6 million from three bags arriving on a Royal Jet flight from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in the midst of diplomatic tensions between the nations.
2018-04-9

The first of seventy British military personnel arrive in Somalia to help combat the threat of Islamist militants. The remaining troops will join the United Nations peacekeepers and AMISOM soldiers in countering Al-Shabaab later on this year. This deployment is part of a greater effort by the United Kingdom to target terrorism.
2016-05-2

Jeh Johnson, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, warns Americans to take a threat by Somalia-based al-Shabab to attack shopping malls in the US, United Kingdom, and Canada seriously.
2015-02-22

Voters in the United Kingdom go to the polls for local elections with the United Kingdom Independence Party making strong gains.
2014-05-22

The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia 22 years after it closed as a result of the chaos after the fall of Mohamed Siad Barre's government and subsequent Somali Civil War.
2013-04-25

Somali pirates free British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler after a year in captivity.
2010-11-14

Somali gunmen release a British security consultant for Save the Children after six days in captivity.
2010-10-20

A British man of Somali origin, destined for Uganda, is arrested in Schiphol airport in Amsterdam on suspicion of being a terrorist.
2010-09-19