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Two Kenyan guards and a Somali policeman are killed during a shooting attack by al-Shabaab gunmen at Mogadishu International Airport. Two of the attackers are also killed. Several more people are wounded. All domestic and international flights at the airport are suspended.
2022-03-23

Six men are killed by suspected al-Shabaab militants in a village in Lamu County, Kenya, near the border with Somalia.
2022-01-3

Four Burundian soldiers are killed as their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Burane, Somalia. Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack.
2021-12-12

Al-Shabaab insurgents attack a military base in Galmudug and capture the town of Amara after Somali forces retreat. The Somali forces conduct airstrikes and say that they have killed insurgents.
2021-08-24

Three people are killed and seven others injured after an al-Shabaab suicide bomber blew himself up at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2020-09-10

A suicide bombing at a military base in Mogadishu kills at least eight people and injures fourteen others. Jihadist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
2020-08-8

A local politician is abducted and killed by Al-Shabaab militants in Bal'ad, Middle Shabelle, Somalia.
2020-07-5

The Governor of Somalia's Mudug region, Ahmed Muse Nur, and three of his bodyguards are killed in a suicide car bombing. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the assassination.
2020-05-17

Islamist militants launch two attacks against foreign forces in Somalia. A U.S. military base in Baledogle, Lower Shabelle, is stormed by attackers using two car bombs and guns, and an Italian peacekeeping convoy is targeted by additional bombs in Mogadishu. United States and Italian authorities both state no injuries occurred, although the suicide bombing against the Italian convoy destroyed a military vehicle and heavily damaged nearby buildings. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for both attacks.
2019-09-30

East African leaders call for 20,000 troops to be deployed across Somalia to support the United Nations-backed Transitional Federal Government and for the United Nations to replace the African Union Mission to Somalia.
2010-07-6