This is a 2024 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
January
10 January - A UN helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing within territory controlled by Al-Shabaab after being struck by an unidentified object. Al Shabaab members then burned the helicopter and seized most of the crew of nine people. One person was killed and two others were unaccounted for after the incident.[1]
11 January - Al-Shabaab launched several mortar rounds into the Aden Adde International Airport, killing a Ugandan UN Guard Unit soldier.[2]
16 January - Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Mogadishu that killed three people and injured two others.[3]
21 January - The US carried out strikes northeast of Kismayo, killing three Al-Shabaab militants.[4]
24 January - An airstrike conducted by Somali military forces in Galhareri killed at least 20 Al-Shabaab militants.[5]
February
4 February - Seven people, including six Ethiopians, were killed in a suspected Al-Shabaab shooting in Beled Hawo.[6]
6 February:
Four bombings inside Bakaara Market in the Somali capital killed at least ten people and injured about fifteen others.[7]
7 February - A suicide bombing targeting a security checkpoint in Afgooye killed three people and injured ten others.[9]
11 February - Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack on a training mission in the General Gordon Military Base, Mogadishu which resulted in the death of four Emirati troops and one Bahraini military officer.[10]
15 April - Five Al-shabaab militants were killed in an operation by SNA in Bulaburte and Halgan districts of Hiiraan region.[11]
26 April - Somali National Army killed about thirty Al-shabaab militants in operations in Mudug region of Somalia.[12]
May
16 May- Somali National Army killed about 9 and wounded 10 other Al-Shabaab militants in separate operations in Galgadud and Middle Shabelle regions.[13]
31 May- An US airstrike in an ISIS hideout killed about 3 ISIS militants in Dhaardaar, Southeast of Bosaso, Somalia.[14] It was reported that Abdul Qadir Mumin the leader of Islamic State in Somalia was targeted in the airstrike and is presumed to be dead but not confirmed.[15]
15 July — Twelve people, including two soldiers, were killed in a fight in Shiilamadaw village near the Ethiopia–Somalia border 20 kilometers northwest of Abudwak District. The fight was between NISA soldiers from Galmudug and local militias over two truckloads of weapons illegally brought from Ethiopia.[21]
22 July – The SNA repulsed an attack on four army bases in Jubbaland state, killing 35-80 Al-Shabaab militants.[22]
August
2 August — At least 37 civilians, a soldier and six attackers, including a suicide bomber, were killed after an Al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonated an explosive on Lido Beach, Mogadishu. After the bombing, Al-Shabaab militants stormed a hotel and carried out a mass shooting.[23]
3 August — A roadside bomb exploded in Galooley, Middle Shabelle. The explosion happened on a road between Jowhar and Mogadishu. The bomb hit a civilian car, killing three people and injuring three others. The car was traveling from Jowhar to Mogadishu at the time of the attack.[24]
16 August – At least 12 people were killed and nine were injured after a roadside explosion targeted a pickup truck used by security forces in Sariitow village, near Awdiinle town, west of Baidoa in South West State.[25]
A bomb explosion killed at least four people and injured several others after two grenades were thrown at a khat market in the city center of Afgooye, Lower Shabelle. The attack happened as traders gathered on the busy streets.[28]
28 August – At least 9 people were killed when fighting started between SSC-Khatumo forces and Somaliland soldiers near the town of Goof, close to Erigavo in the southeastern part of the Sanaag region in northern Somalia.[30]
31 August – Al-Shabaabbombs several businesses in the Tabelaha Sheikh Ibrahim neighborhood of Garas Baley, Mogadishu, targeting shops that had complied with the government's directive to install CCTV cameras.[31]
September
5 September – Several people were injured after six rounds of mortars fell into Aden Adde Airport and Halane Camp the residences of the ATMIS and foreign embassies.[32]
14 September – At least five people were killed and eight others were injured in a series of roadside explosions in Kahda District, Mogadishu. The local government blames the Al-Shabaab due to its frequent targeting of civilians.[33]
18 September – SNA along with the help of local militias captured an Al-Shabaab stronghold in Mudug region.[34]
25 September – At least 10 Al-Shabaab militants were killed in an operation by Security forces in Janaay Abdalla village near Kismayo.[35]
28 September:
At least six people are killed and ten others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a restaurant in Mogadishu.[36]
One person was killed and three other civilians were injured after An IED bomb was planted in a livestock market in Jowhar town of Middle Shabelle region.[37]
16 October – The Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the killing of three businessmen and another was injured in the Hodan district of Mogadishu.[41]
17 October – The militant group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack after a suicide bomber killed at least seven people at a restaurant in Hodan District of Mogadishu. Six others were injured in the attack.[42]
19 October:
Somalia’s spy agency NISA reported that they killed 40 Al-Shabaab members and injured many others.[43]
2 November – At least two people are killed and five others are injured in fights between two Somali security factions in Hodan District of Mogadishu.[48]
3 November – Three people are killed and several others are injured when Al-Shabaab fires several mortar shells into the Halane base camp in Mogadishu.[49]
7 November – Eleven Somali Army soldiers were killed in an Al-Shabaab attack near Wayaanta near Kismayo in southern Somalia.[50]
26 November – A deadly clash broke out between Somaliland Forces and civilians which resulted in nine deaths and many injuries in Erigavo of Sanaag region.[53]
