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An IED planted by Al-Shabaab in a restaurant in Karan district, Mogadishu, Somalia, kills at least five people and injures at least five others.
2024-10-26

A large fire breaks out at the Elasha-Biyaha market near Mogadishu, Somalia following an IED explosion linked to Al-Shabaab. No casualties are reported.
2024-08-24

At least 16 people are killed and 55 injured in an attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
2016-06-1

The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2093 that partially lifts a decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for one year, allowing the government in Mogadishu to buy weapons to strengthen its security forces to fight al-Qaeda linked Islamists.
2013-03-6

Fighting erupts in the Somali capital Mogadishu a day after al Shabaab rebels had reportedly left the city.
2011-08-7

About 8,000 African Union troops from Burundi and Uganda are deployed to the Somali capital Mogadishu, the scene of heavy fighting this week.
2010-12-2

Fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu leaves at least 15 people dead and 25 injured.
2010-11-30

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

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

More than 20 civilians die during the second day of conflict between Somali government troops and opposition forces in Mogadishu.
2010-03-11