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At least five people are killed and eight others are injured in a series of roadside explosions in Kahda District, Mogadishu, Somalia. The local government blames jihadist group Al-Shabaab due to its frequent targeting of civilians.
2024-09-14

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

An al-Shabaab member blows himself up outside a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing three guards and two security forces. Six gunmen then stormed the hotel in 13-hour siege, causing a gunfight with the army in which three soldiers and the six attackers are killed. Twenty-seven other people are wounded.
2024-03-14

Eight civilians and a soldier are killed and several others, including Somalia's internal security minister, are injured when al-Shabaab jihadists attack a hotel in Mogadishu frequented by Somali politicians. Five insurgents are also killed.
2022-11-27

A suicide bomber blows himself up outside the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, while gunmen storm the hotel and open fire. Five people are killed in the al-Shabaab attack, including a former military general; ten civilians are wounded. The three other attackers are shot dead during a gun battle with security forces.
2021-01-31

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

Nineteen people are killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in suicide bombings and firefights between Al-Shabaab militants and government forces.
2013-05-8

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

Islamist al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia seize control of 2 independent radio stations in the capital Mogadishu.
2010-09-19