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2024 in Somalia

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2024
in
Somalia

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Events in the year 2024 in Somalia.

Incumbents[edit]

Events[edit]

Ongoing: 2024 timeline of the Somali Civil War

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

  • 10 March — United States Africa Command (Africom) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab in a remote area near Ugunji, approximately 71 km southwest of Mogadishu, killing three militants without harming any civilians.[8]
  • 14 March:
    • At least six people, including both combatants and civilians are killed following clashes near administrative stations in Beledweyne between forces loyal to Hirshabelle State and Hiraan State.[9]
    • 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 stormed the hotel in 13-hour siege, leading to a gunfight with the army in which three soldiers and the six attackers are killed. Twenty-seven people are wounded.[10]
  • 18 March — Turkish Drone Bayraktar strikes hit the Jaffey farm, about three kilometers west of Bagdad village in the Lower Shabelle, killing more than 22 people and injuring 21, including many children.[11]
  • 22 March — Al-Shabaab militants storm a military base in Busley, near Mogadishu, killing seven soldiers, including the commander, and ten militants. The attack involves suicide car bombs and the seizure of military vehicles.[12]
  • 31 March — Puntland withdraws its recognition of the federal government due to a constitutional crisis caused by the federal parliament's Parliament's adoption of changes to a disputed provisional constitution without consulting Puntland, under which the President and Government were originally elected.[13][14]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

  • 6 June — Somalia is elected to become a two-year non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the first time since 1970.[29]
  • 8 June:
  • 10 June: At least 55 people are killed and 155 others are injured in fighting between the Dir and Marehan clans in central Somalia.[32]
  • 15 June — Al-Shabab Implanted IED explosion targeted a pickup truck carrying Major General Mohamed Dheere, commander of the 8th battalion of Sector 60 in Southwest State. The blast killed Major Mohamed Dheere, a lieutenant, and other soldiers. They were traveling from Baidoa to Berdale when the explosion occurred at a location called Ideeda.[33]
  • 23 June — At least two children died from drowning, 11 houses collapsed, and roads were washed out after heavy rain and flash floods hit Mogadishu, affecting 325 families.[34]

Holidays[edit]

Source:[35]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "President of Somalia's Puntland region re-elected". The Africa Report.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Somali extremists kill 1 person and capture 5 others from UN helicopter after its emergency landing". AP News. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Suicide attack rocks Somali capital Mogadishu". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Puntland President Deni Inaugurated". The Somali Digest. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Faah-faahin ku saabsan qaraxyo maanta ka dhacay Suuqa Bakaaraha". Voice of America (in Somali). 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Suicide explosion in Afgoye claims 3 lives, over 10 others injured". Horn Observer. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Al-Shabab claims attack in Somali capital that kills 4 Emirati troops and 1 Bahraini officer". AP News. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Federal Government of Somalia, AFRICOM target al-Shabaab". www.africom.mil. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Six dead as Hirshabeelle and Hiiraan state forces engage in overnight battle". Hiiraan Online. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Al-Shabab fighters killed as overnight siege of Mogadishu hotel ends". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  11. ^ Houreld, Katharine (19 March 2024). "More than 20 killed in Somalia in alleged Turkish drone strike". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  12. ^ agencies (23 March 2024). "Al-Shabab terrorists storm military base in Somalia". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Puntland withdraws recognition of the Federal Government of Somalia". Garowe Online. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Puntland withdraws recognition of Somali Federal Government". War Mapper updates. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Puntland to Operate Independently From Somalia After Law Change". Bloomberg.com. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Ethiopia, Puntland agree to enhance multifaceted relations". 3 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Kooxda AS oo dib ula wareegtay deegaanka Daaru Nimca". Garowe Online. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Somalia orders Ethiopia's ambassador to leave the country as diplomatic tensions rise". Associated Press. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  19. ^ Account (6 April 2024). "Puntland, Somaliland reject Mogadishu order to close Ethiopian consulate". Borkena Ethiopian News. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Al-Shabaab attacks strategic town near Somali capital". Garowe Online. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Somalia PM Hamza Abdi Barre announces Cabinet reshuffle". Garowe Online. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Security Alert for U.S. Citizens April 8, 2024". U.S. Embassy in Somalia. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Somalia on High Alert After U.S. Warns of Impending Terror Attack". Garowe Online. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  24. ^ "SNA Forces Foils Attempted Al-Shabaab Attack in Lower Jubba". Goobjoog English. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  25. ^ https://www.reuters.com/world/somalia-detains-us-trained-commandos-over-theft-rations-2024-04-26/
  26. ^ Jama (27 April 2024). "Al-Shabab Regains Strategic Locations in Middle Shabelle Amid Clan Rivalries". The Somali Digest. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  27. ^ "Qarax khasaare geystay oo ka dhacay Ceelasha Biyaha". Voice of America (in Somali). 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  28. ^ Ali, Abdullahi M. (3 May 2024). "Senior Somali Police Officer Fatally Shot Dead in Mogadishu". Idil News. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  29. ^ "UN: Somalia elected to Security Council after more than 50 years". Africanews. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  30. ^ "Al-Shabaab launched a violent four-directional attack on El-Dher Town". Nomadicvoice.com. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  31. ^ "Deadly Clan Clashes Claim Over 50 Lives in Central Somalia". Garowe Online. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  32. ^ "Fighting between central Somalia clans kills at least 55, residents say". Reuters. 10 June 2024.
  33. ^ "Somalia: Senior military officer killed in Al-Shabaab explosion". Garowe Online. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  34. ^ "Flash Floods Claim Two Lives in Somalia's Capital". Garowe Online. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  35. ^ "Somalia Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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