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The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations Security Council. It was mandated to support transitional governmental structures, implement a national security plan, train the Somali security forces, and to assist in creating a secure environment for the delivery of humanitarian aid. As part of its duties, AMISOM supported the Federal Government of Somalia's forces in their battle against Al-Shabaab militants.
The Somali civil war (2009–present) is the ongoing phase of the Somali civil war which is concentrated in southern and central Somalia. It began in late January 2009 with the present conflict mainly between the forces of the Federal Government of Somalia assisted by African Union peacekeeping troops and al-Shabaab militants who pledged alliegence to al-Qaeda during 2012.
An attack occurred on 21 January 2016 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Al-Shabaab drove a suicide car bomb at the gate of the Beach View Café, a seafood restaurant overlooking the city's Lido Beach. Another blast struck about an hour later as government soldiers laid siege to the restaurant. After the blasts, militants entered the building, some of them by boat, and attacked civilians within. About 20 people were killed and 17 others wounded. Several perpetrators were also killed and one was arrested.
Lido Beach is a beach in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, which overlooks the Somali Sea. The name Lido derives from the Italian word for "beach". The name Liido is also very popular among locals.
This is a 2016 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This is a 2017 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This is a 2018 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
On September 2, 2018, a suicide car bombing took place in Mogadishu, Somalia. The attack left at least 6 people dead and another 14 were injured.
Events in the year 2021 in Somalia.
On 22 December 2018, a suicide car bombing occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia. The bomber detonated it at a military checkpoint near Somalia's presidential palace, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 20 others. Those killed include soldiers and three staff members of Universal Television. The injured include an MP and a deputy mayor of Mogadishu.
On 19 February, 2022, an al-Shabaab suicide bomber killed 14 people at a restaurant in Beledweyne, Somalia.
In late 2013, al-Shabaab carried out two major suicide attacks in Beledweyne, Somalia, killing 35 people.
On 23 March 2022 in Somalia, a series of coordinated attacks by al-Shabaab jihadists in the two cities of Mogadishu and Beledweyne killed over 60 people.
This is a 2022 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This is a 2021 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
This is a 2020 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
On 22 April 2022, at least six people were killed and seven injured in a suicide bombing at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Pescatore Seafood Restaurant had recently opened in the seaside area of Lido Beach. The explosion was detonated by an Al-Shabaab suicide bomber who had been denied access inside the restaurant, where the Somali Police Commissioner and several lawmakers gathered to have an Iftar meal to break the Ramadan fast. None of the legislators were harmed in the explosion, but some of the security personnel were among those killed in the blast. Local police did not specify how many, but did say those killed were mostly civilians.
On 23 October 2022, al-Shabaab killed at least eight people in a bombing and shooting attack at a hotel in Kismayo, Somalia.
References
- ↑ "At least 20 killed by suicide car bomb blast in Somalia". Al Jazeera English . 5 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ Sheikh, Abdi; Biryabarema, Elias (5 March 2021). McCool, Grant (ed.). "At least 20 killed by suicide car bomb near restaurant in Somalia capital". Reuters . Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "Mogadischu: Viele Tote bei Anschlag in Somalia" (in German). Die Zeit. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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