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The European Union's counter-piracy mission says that one of its warships is currently shadowing the hijacked Bangladeshi bulk carrier Abdullah as it sails toward the coast of Somalia. At least 23 crew members are being held hostage by pirates on the ship.
2024-03-13

Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble announces that Somalia's presidential election will be held within 60 days following a two-month deadlock triggered by incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's refusal to leave office beyond the expiration of his term on February 8. This deadlock has also resulted in violent public protests in Mogadishu.
2021-05-27

A suicide bomber targeting the Somali Bay region's governor kills four people and wounds six others outside a bar in Baidoa. The governor escapes unharmed.
2021-04-10

A remote-controlled mine detonates in Baidoa, Somalia, killing five people and injuring 10.
2020-07-4

Two blasts in the town of Baidoa in Somalia kill at least 15 people and injure more than 30 others.
2018-10-13

Two al-Shabaab suicide bombers kill at least 40 people in the Somali town of Baidoa.
2016-02-28

Somali al-Shabaab militants attack an army base on the outskirts of Baidoa, killing seven soldiers.
2015-01-2

Iranian sources citing Ash-Shabaab say a U.S. drone attack killed eight people in Kismayo, south Somalia.
2012-09-7

Four foreign aid workers held hostage inside Somalia are rescued by Somali forces after they were kidnapped from a Kenyan refugee camp on June 29.
2012-07-2

The Committee to Protect Journalists claims that there have been 251 murders of journalists in 13 countries where the murderer has remained unpunished in the past decade with Iraq, Somalia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka being considered the worst environments for journalists.
2011-06-1