Sources: IOL
The United States Africa Command says a U.S. drone strike has killed three al-Shabaab militants near Kismayo, Somalia. The strike was carried out at the request of the Somali government. 2024-01-21
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
Al-Shabaab raids Yeed and Aato in Bakool, Somalia, near the Ethiopian border. Fourteen Ethiopian police officers and three civilians are killed. 2022-07-20
Al-Shabaab says it has killed at least 60 Ethiopian soldiers in an attack on an AMISOM base in central Somalia. 2016-06-9
Clashes take place in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab ambush Ethiopian troops. 2012-03-10
Ethiopian forces capture the central Somali town of Beledweyne from al-Shabaab Islamist militants. 2011-12-31
The United Nations reports the worst drought in six decades is affecting more than 10 million people and forced people in Somalia to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia as they starve to death. 2011-06-28
Thousands of asylum seekers from Ethiopia and Somalia are stranded in camps in northern Mozambique after measures adopted by the government to restrict their movements. 2011-05-12
Ethiopia and Kenya may attack the al-Shabaab Islamist militant group in Somalia, following its threat to target Kenya. 2011-02-28
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