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A suicide car bomber detonates at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia, injuring at least five people.
2020-07-4

Ugandan police arrest Stella Nyanzi, a prominent academic and vocal critic of President Yoweri Museveni, for inciting violence as she protested against lockdown measures taken by the government to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-05-18

A car bomb blast in Mogadishu, near the Weheliye hotel in the Somali capital, kills at least 14 people and injures 10 others. Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the blast.
2018-03-22

In compliance with recent UN Security Council resolutons, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda announces an end to security and military cooperation with North Korea.
2016-05-29

At least 11 people are killed in the Somalian capital Mogadishu after a bomb explodes in a carpark.
2013-11-8

About 8,000 African Union troops from Burundi and Uganda are deployed to the Somali capital Mogadishu, the scene of heavy fighting this week.
2010-12-2

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

The Government of Somalia claims that 10 members of the al-Shabab militant group have been killed when bombs they were preparing went off prematurely in Mogadishu.
2010-08-22

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says the fight against Somali militant group al-Shabaab must be stepped up.
2010-07-25

Hundreds of Somali citizens flee the capital Mogadishu as hundreds of insurgents enter the city ahead of a government announcement of an offensive against them. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-1-hi-world-africa-8508176.stm (BBC)] [http:--www.news24.com-Content-Africa-News-965-ce852c3971a44b81ad5d867538e7dd48-10-02-2010-12-35-Residents_flee_Mogadishu (News24.com)]date=August 2019
2010-02-10