At least ten people are killed after five Al-Shabaab militants detonate a car bomb and attack a hotel in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia. 2025-03-11
* Al-Shabaab attacked four military bases and overran the town of Dherka Derka for several hours, killing many soldiers of the Somali National Army. The militants were eventually defeated by a U.S.-assisted airstrike.2024-06-8
Two Somali National Army airstrikes kill 39 alleged al-Shabaab militants in Afgooye, Somalia. 2024-03-19
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
Security forces and armed locals kill 70 al-Shabaab members in Bahdo, Somalia. Two local children and a cleric are also killed in the fighting. 2022-06-17
A car bombing targeting a UN convoy explodes outside a school in Mogadishu, killing eight people and injuring 17 others. Jihadist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack. 2021-11-25
Fourteen civilians are killed and four others wounded when the minibus they are travelling in hits a landmine in the outskirts of Mogadishu. A military commander blames al-Shabaab for the attack. 2021-04-14
At least seven soldiers are killed after al-Shabaab militants storm a jail in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia. More than 400 prisoners are freed during the assault, the majority of whom are Al-Shabaab fighters. 2021-03-5
Fighting between militias in Galkayo, Somalia, leaves at least 29 dead. 2016-11-7