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An explosion at a khat market in Wanlaweyn, Lower Shabelle, Somalia, kills five people and injures ten others.
2018-05-10

At least 16 people are killed and 55 injured in an attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
2016-06-1

A policeman is killed and 11 others are injured in a grenade attack on a church in the Kenyan town of Garissa near the border with Somalia.
2012-11-4

The United Nations World Food Programme prepares an airlift to Mogadishu in Somalia to help relieve the 2011 Horn of Africa famine. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20110727-un-readies-aid-airlift-mogadishu-0 (AFP via France24)]date=August 2019
2011-07-27

2011 Horn of Africa famine: The United Nations declares a famine in southern Somalia.
2011-07-20

Tropical Cyclone 02A forms off the east coast of Somalia, although it is expected to dissipate before making landfall.
2010-05-19

At least 11 people are killed after rebels from the Al-Shabab militant group attack the Somali parliament as it meets for the first time this year.
2010-05-16

UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie appeals for safety in Somalia for thousands of Somalis trapped in the country’s capital of Mogadishu.
2010-04-19

The World Food Programme suspends its operations in southern Somalia due to rising instability in the region.
2010-01-5