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Clashes between armed civilians and Al-Shabaab militants leaves 14 civilians and 16 militants dead in Galmudug, central Somalia. They began when the Islamist militants demanded villagers surrender their weapons and livestock.
2020-09-5

The Islamist group Al-Shabab claims responsibility for a car bombing in the Somalian capital Mogadishu which claims at least ten people and injures at least 20.
2012-02-8

At least two people are killed in attacks on bars in northern Kenya near the border with Somalia, with Islamist al-Shabaab militants possibly responsible.
2012-01-1

Ethiopian forces capture the central Somali town of Beledweyne from al-Shabaab Islamist militants.
2011-12-31

The Islamist al-Shabaab rebels in Somalia pull out of the capital Mogadishu.
2011-08-6

Kenya arrests six Somali Islamist al-Shabaab fighters in the border town of Mandera.
2011-03-6

Ethiopia and Kenya may attack the al-Shabaab Islamist militant group in Somalia, following its threat to target Kenya.
2011-02-28

Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab threaten more attacks in Burundi and Uganda in retaliation for their participation in an African Union peacekeeping operation in the country. Meanwhile, seven people are killed in fighting in the capital Mogadishu.
2010-11-7

At least 12 people are killed in fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia, between pro-government forces, African Union troops and the Islamist militant al-Shabaab group.
2010-11-1

The African Union calls on the United Nations Security Council to impose an air and naval blockade of Somalia to counter an Islamist Al-Shabaab militant insurgency and piracy.
2010-10-21