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The death toll from the floods in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, increases to 130 people. The Somali town of Beledweyne has been completely submerged after the Shebelle River burst its banks, forcing 90% of the population out of their homes, while 30,000 people are displaced in Kenya as hundreds of homes have been destroyed.
2023-11-19

At least 20 people are killed in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia.
2023-09-23

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died in the flash floods that hit Beledweyne and Jowhar, Somalia.
2020-05-18

African Union troops kill 24 militants in a foiled Al-Shabaab planned attack in southern Somalia city of Afmadow.
2013-08-8

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

Fifty-three African Union peacekeepers were killed in fighting in Somalia.
2011-03-4

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

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

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

Anti-government demonstrators, including women dressed in full hijabs brandishing AK-47 automatic rifles, march in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, protesting killings by the African Union Mission in Somalia.
2010-07-5