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Mogadishu Stadium (Somali: Garoonka Muqdisho) is a stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia. During the Somali Civil War , the stadium was heavily damaged by foreign troops who used the structure as a base. The stadium has been completely rebuilt and artificial turf was laid on 27 March 2020.
At six people were killed and 10 injured on Saturday by bomb explosions in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and a town in the country's Middle Shabelle region, police and witnesses said. It was not ...
Bakara, Mogadishu's largest market, teems with traders and is where most residents buy their food, clothes, medicine, electronics and other items daily. Blasts in Somalia's capital Mogadishu kill ...
Lido Beach is a common spot to visit in Mogadishu, especially busy on Friday nights when Somalis gather to enjoy their weekend. The area has been targeted by Al-Shabaab militants before. The most recent attack before this one was in June 2023, when nine people were killed. [10] Beach View Hotel, a popular place on Lido Beach in Mogadishu.
As of 2010, the stadium is the home field for the following teams: Jeenyo United F.C. (formerly Lavori Pubblici) Savaana; Somali Police FC (Heegan); Gaadiidka; Dekedda FC; In August 2019, it was renamed after Abdirahman Omar Osman, known as "Engineer Yarisow", the former mayor of Mogadishu and governor of the Banaadir region, who died in an explosive attack in his office.
7 November – Eleven Somali Army soldiers were killed in an Al-Shabaab attack near Wayaanta near Kismayo in southern Somalia. [50] 13 November – Three Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in an Al-Shabab improvised explosive device (IED) attack on a military vehicle in Mogadishu's Daynile district. [51]
Al-Shabab has been fighting the Federal Government of Somalia for more than 17 years. They have carried out many bombings and other attacks in the capital, Mogadishu, and other parts of Somalia. In 2020, there was an attempted jailbreak at this same prison, resulting in the deaths of nine people as inmates clashed with security guards while ...
2024 Mogadishu YSL Hotel attack and siege - An al-Shabaab member blows himself up outside a hotel in Mogadishu, killing three guards and two security forces. Six gunmen then storm the hotel in 13-hour siege, leading to a gunfight with the army in which three soldiers and the six attackers are killed.