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At least ten people are killed and 20 others are injured in an assassination attempt by Al-Shabaab militants targeting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud near Villa Somalia on the road to Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2025-03-18

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre escape after security guards shoot down one of two drones hovering over Villa Somalia in Mogadishu, Somalia. The drones are believed to be used by ISIL and Al-Shabaab. This comes after previous Somali Civil Aviation Authority warnings.
2025-01-31

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

Two car bombings near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill at least 38 people. Al-Shabaab claim responsibility for the attacks.
2018-02-24

Somali Public Works Minister Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji is shot and killed inside his vehicle by security forces near the Villa Somalia in the capital Mogadishu, after mistaking him for a militant.
2017-05-3

At least 20 people are killed in a series of bombings and gun attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2013-04-14

AMISOM troops raid Islamist hideouts in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
2012-01-20

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 African Union says its forces have captured 40% of the Somali capital Mogadishu from Islamist militants in a recent offensive.
2010-10-7

Several people are killed in a clash between Somali fighters and government forces in the capital Mogadishu.
2010-07-19