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Somalia orders its telecommunication companies to block 1xBet, Telegram and TikTok, saying that militant groups like al-Shabaab use these apps to spread inappropriate content and misinformation to the public.
2023-08-21

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

Somalia's Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali accuses al-Shabab of preventing people from leaving the region in search of food as central government condemns militants from blocking aid workers.
2011-07-23

The al-Shabaab Islamist militant group in Somalia says a ban on aid groups working in parts of the country remains.
2011-07-22

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

U.S. magazine "Foreign Policy" releases its index of "failed states", with the editor labeling Somalia as an "unequivocably failed state".
2011-06-20

The Somali Prime Minister, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, resigns.
2011-06-19

South Korea will fly the bodies of eight Somali pirates killed in a commando raid on a freighter last month from Muscat, Oman, to Mogadishu, Somalia.
2011-02-16

The United States, European Union and United Nations pledge additional resources to the African Union's AMISOM peacekeeping force in Somalia.
2010-07-26

Islamist gunmen in Somalia shoot two people dead and detain 10 others who were watching a televised FIFA World Cup match; a member of one group later said watching the World Cup is anti-Islamic.
2010-06-15