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The South West House of Representatives re-elects incumbent president Abdiaziz Laftagareen for the second time amid tensions with the Somali federal government that resulted in the military being deployed to the Lower Shabelle, Bay and Bakool regions of Somalia.
2026-03-28

Ethiopian military forces close the country's border with Somalia following ongoing heavy fighting in rural areas of Harshin, Fafan Zone, between Ethiopia's Somali regional forces and local clan militias after the killing of a local security chief and his bodyguards. Hundreds of people, including children, flee from their homes.
2024-12-25

Three people are killed and seven others injured after an al-Shabaab suicide bomber blew himself up at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2020-09-10

Islamist militants launch two attacks against foreign forces in Somalia. A U.S. military base in Baledogle, Lower Shabelle, is stormed by attackers using two car bombs and guns, and an Italian peacekeeping convoy is targeted by additional bombs in Mogadishu. United States and Italian authorities both state no injuries occurred, although the suicide bombing against the Italian convoy destroyed a military vehicle and heavily damaged nearby buildings. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for both attacks.
2019-09-30

Five soldiers and a military officer are killed in an explosion in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
2013-12-27

In Somalia, a new parliament is formed, with the new task of electing the country's president.
2012-08-20

The Somali president urges everyone to donate funds to Somalia to help combat pirates.
2012-06-27

Somali militant group Al-Shabab threatens a counterattack against Kenya in response to the entry of Kenyan Army forces into Somalia.
2011-10-17

54 Somalis fleeing the civil war in Libya drown after their boat sinks off the coast of Tripoli.
2011-05-10

A roadside bomb and mortar attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu kill at least 14 people and injure several others.
2010-08-31