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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

al Shabaab militants overrun an African Union base in southern Somalia with unconfirmed reports of dozens of soldiers dead.
2016-01-15

Al Shabaab militants attack an African Union base in the Leego district of Somalia and kills more than 70 African Union soldiers and seizes control of their military base.
2015-06-26

Gunmen in Kenya's port city of Mombasa kill Mohamed Idris, chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, who opposed the radical preachings of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab insurgents.
2014-06-10

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

In Somalia, more than fifty Al-Shabaab fighters are killed as African Union Kenyan peacekeepers, and the Somali National Army, continue their march towards the port city of Kismayo.
2012-09-11

Somali and African Union forces make gains against al-Shabaab rebels in Mogadishu.
2011-07-2

At least 12 people are killed in fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia, between pro-government forces, African Union troops and the Islamist militant al-Shabaab group.
2010-11-1

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

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says the fight against Somali militant group al-Shabaab must be stepped up.
2010-07-25