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The death toll from the floods in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, increases to 130 people. The Somali town of Beledweyne has been completely submerged after the Shebelle River burst its banks, forcing 90% of the population out of their homes, while 30,000 people are displaced in Kenya as hundreds of homes have been destroyed.
2023-11-19

Clashes between armed civilians and Al-Shabaab militants leaves 14 civilians and 16 militants dead in Galmudug, central Somalia. They began when the Islamist militants demanded villagers surrender their weapons and livestock.
2020-09-5

Al-Shabaab says it has killed at least 60 Ethiopian soldiers in an attack on an AMISOM base in central Somalia.
2016-06-9

African Union troops enter the Somali port town of Kismayo following the withdrawal of Al-Shabaab Islamist militants during the Battle of Kismayo.
2012-10-1

Clashes take place in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab ambush Ethiopian troops.
2012-03-10

At least two people are killed in attacks on bars in northern Kenya near the border with Somalia, with Islamist al-Shabaab militants possibly responsible.
2012-01-1

The Islamist al-Shabaab rebels in Somalia pull out of the capital Mogadishu.
2011-08-6

Ethiopia and Kenya may attack the al-Shabaab Islamist militant group in Somalia, following its threat to target Kenya.
2011-02-28

Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab threaten more attacks in Burundi and Uganda in retaliation for their participation in an African Union peacekeeping operation in the country. Meanwhile, seven people are killed in fighting in the capital Mogadishu.
2010-11-7

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