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Two people are killed and at least five others injured by a suicide car bombing that targeted an African Union Mission base in Somalia. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack.
2019-02-2

16 people are killed and 30 wounded by a suicide bomber in an attack in a crowded restaurant in the central Somali town of Beledweyne.
2013-10-19

Charcoal shipments continue in the Somali port of Kismayo under the watch of African Union peacekeepers, despite a national and international ban on such shipments.
2012-11-6

African Union troops enter the Somali port town of Kismayo following the withdrawal of Al-Shabaab Islamist militants during the Battle of Kismayo.
2012-10-1

Ethiopian forces capture the central Somali town of Beledweyne from al-Shabaab Islamist militants.
2011-12-31

France's dropping of arms for tribal fighters in Libya is a "crude violation" of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 according to Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, echoing African Union concerns that it risks "a Somalia-sation" of Libya".
2011-06-30

Over 100 people are killed in battles throughout Somalia between Islamist rebels and African Union forces over the past three days.
2010-12-5

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

The African Union calls on the United Nations Security Council to impose an air and naval blockade of Somalia to counter an Islamist Al-Shabaab militant insurgency and piracy.
2010-10-21

The United States, European Union and United Nations pledge additional resources to the African Union's AMISOM peacekeeping force in Somalia.
2010-07-26