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November 8, 2023 at 1:45 AM. By Abdi Sheikh. MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The worst flooding to hit Somalia in decades has killed 29 people and forced more than 300,000 to flee their homes, the National ...
2024 Lido Beach attack. On 2 August 2024, Al-Shabaab attacked Lido Beach in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The attack started with a suicide bombing, followed by a mass shooting inside a hotel. [5] Explosions and gunfire shook a hotel near the beach, with restaurants and other hotels in the area also being targeted.
11 References. 12 Further reading. ... On December 29, ... around 500,000 people are estimated to have been killed in Somalia since the start of the civil war in 1991
23 October: 2022 Kismayo hotel attack. 29 October: October 2022 Mogadishu bombings: a twin car bombing in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab kills 121 people. [ 8] 27 November - November 2022 Mogadishu attack. 5 December: Somali forces and allied militias seized Adan Yabal from Al-Shabaab. [ 9]
This is a 2023 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present). January. 4 January: Mahas bombings. [1] April. 11 April - ... 29 September - an al-Shabaab ...
November. 25 November 2021, in Mogadishu, a suicide bomber in a sport utility vehicle killed eight people and wounded 17 others, including teachers and pupils at Mocaasir Primary and Secondary School, which was heavily damaged. [3]
Since the early 2000s, the United States has provided military support to the Transitional Federal Government and the Federal Government of Somalia in conflicts. U.S. military actions in Somalia date back to the 1990s; however, following the September 11th attacks, military action was justified as counterterrorism.
Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, [16] [17] [18] of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis and the official languages of the country are Somali and Arabic, though the former is the primary language. Somalia has historic and religious ties to the Arab ...