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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

One soldier is killed and six others are injured in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2022-09-25

Somalia opens its first public oxygen plant in Mogadishu to treat patients infected with COVID-19. The new plant was purchased from Turkey by a local foundation for $240,700.
2021-09-30

At least ten people have been killed in a shootout between jailed Al-Shabaab militants and security officers at a prison in Mogadishu, Somalia. An investigation is under way into how the militants obtained weapons, with some reports suggested that an inmate disarmed a warden and then a group of them raided the armoury.
2020-08-11

In Mogadishu, Somalia, at least five militants set off a car bomb and raid a government building, killing at least five people. Al-Shabaab claim responsibility for the attack.
2019-03-23

A car bomb blast in Mogadishu, near the Weheliye hotel in the Somali capital, kills at least 14 people and injures 10 others. Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the blast.
2018-03-22

At least 21 people die in a fight between an armed group and African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2010-11-17

The al-Shabaab rebel group in Somalia says it has called 11 truckloads of reinforcements to take over the capital Mogadishu after a week-long battle.
2010-08-27

The Government of Somalia claims that 10 members of the al-Shabab militant group have been killed when bombs they were preparing went off prematurely in Mogadishu.
2010-08-22

Hundreds of Somali citizens flee the capital Mogadishu as hundreds of insurgents enter the city ahead of a government announcement of an offensive against them. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-1-hi-world-africa-8508176.stm (BBC)] [http:--www.news24.com-Content-Africa-News-965-ce852c3971a44b81ad5d867538e7dd48-10-02-2010-12-35-Residents_flee_Mogadishu (News24.com)]date=August 2019
2010-02-10