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A military helicopter carrying international peacekeepers crashes near Mogadishu, Somalia. The helicopter was en route to Baledogle Airfield. No fatalities are reported.
2024-09-19

Thirty-eight people are killed and 212 others are injured in a mass shooting and suicide bombing by Al-Shabaab militants near the Beach View Hotel on Lido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2024-08-2

Ten people are killed and about 20 others are injured in a quadruple bombing at a market in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2024-02-6

An al-Shabaab suicide bomber blows himself up at a military academy in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing over 20 soldiers and injuring dozens more.
2023-07-24

Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble announces that Somalia's presidential election will be held within 60 days following a two-month deadlock triggered by incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's refusal to leave office beyond the expiration of his term on February 8. This deadlock has also resulted in violent public protests in Mogadishu.
2021-05-27

At least 276 people are killed when a lorry filled with explosives detonates outside a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, becoming the worst terrorist attack in Somalia's history.
2017-10-14

Militants attack Somalia's presidential palace in Mogadishu for the second night running.
2012-03-20

Somali and African Union forces make gains against al-Shabaab rebels in Mogadishu.
2011-07-2

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

Police in Somalia say they have foiled an attack by Islamist militants against the seaport in the capital Mogadishu.
2010-09-11