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At least six people are killed and ten others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2024-09-28

At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured when an al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt in a tea shop in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2023-09-29

Two people are killed and five others are injured when a vehicle carrying students hits a roadside bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2022-11-3

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

Militants belonging to Somali group al-Shabaab announce they have executed the French intelligence agent who was the target of the unsuccessful French rescue attempt on January 11. French officials believe the hostage was killed during the mission itself, and the group is using the incident to manipulate the media.
2013-01-17

African Union and Somali troops advance on Mogadishu's Bakara market, a rebel-held area, amid intense fighting.
2011-05-22

7 people are killed in a roadside bomb and shooting incident in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
2010-12-20

Al-Shabaab militants take control of a town on the border between Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya from pro-government forces, following fighting that displaced 60,000 people.
2010-10-29

Gunmen abduct British and local Save the Children aid workers from a compound in western Somalia.
2010-10-15

The Obama administration in the United States lifts a six month moratorium on deep water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico imposed following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
2010-10-12