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href="/wiki/2013_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2013 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2014 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2015 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2016 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2017 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2018 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2019 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2020 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2021 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2022 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2023 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2024 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2024</a></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt>Operations and battles</dt></dl> <ul><li>2009 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Mogadishu" title="Battle of South Mogadishu">S Mogadishu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(2009)" title="Battle of Mogadishu (2009)">Mogadishu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Central_Somalia_(2009)" title="Battle for Central Somalia (2009)">C Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wabho" title="Battle of Wabho">Wabho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kismayo_(2009)" title="Battle of Kismayo (2009)">Kismayo</a></li></ul></li> <li>2010 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beledweyne_(2010)" title="Battle of Beledweyne (2010)">Beledweyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Ayn_clashes" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Ayn clashes">Ayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Kenya%E2%80%93Al-Shabaab_border_clash" title="2010 Kenya–Al-Shabaab border clash">Kenyan border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(2010%E2%80%932011)" title="Battle of Mogadishu (2010–2011)">Mogadishu</a></li></ul></li> <li>2011 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jubbada_Hoose" title="Battle of Jubbada Hoose">Lower Juba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gedo" title="Battle of Gedo">Gedo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Elwaq" title="Battle of Elwaq">Elwaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Linda_Nchi" title="Operation Linda Nchi">Linda Nchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Deynile" title="Battle of Deynile">Deynile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beledweyne_(2011)" title="Battle of Beledweyne (2011)">Beledweyne</a></li></ul></li> <li>2012 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yurkud_(2012)" title="Battle of Yurkud (2012)">Yurkud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kismayo_(2012)" title="Battle of Kismayo (2012)">Kismayo</a></li></ul></li> <li>2013 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulo_Marer_hostage_rescue_attempt" title="Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt">Bulo Marer</a></li></ul></li> <li>2014 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Indian_Ocean" title="Operation Indian Ocean">Operation Indian Ocean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galgala_campaign" title="Galgala campaign">Galgala</a></li></ul></li> <li>2015 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baure" title="Battle of Baure">Baure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leego_(2015)" title="Battle of Leego (2015)">Leego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Janale_(2015)" title="Battle of Janale (2015)">Janale</a></li></ul></li> <li>2016 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_El_Adde" title="Battle of El Adde">El Adde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qandala_campaign" title="Qandala campaign">Qandala</a></li></ul></li> <li>2017 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kulbiyow" title="Battle of Kulbiyow">Kulbiyow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_raid_on_Barii" title="2017 raid on Barii">Barii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Af_Urur" title="Battle of Af Urur">Af Urur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Golweyn_ambush" title="2017 Golweyn ambush">Golweyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2017_Somalia_airstrike" title="November 2017 Somalia airstrike">November 2017</a></li></ul></li> <li>2018 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_African_Union_base_attack_in_Bulo_Marer" title="2018 African Union base attack in Bulo Marer">Bulo Marer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2018_airstrikes_in_Gandarshe" title="December 2018 airstrikes in Gandarshe">Gandarshe</a></li></ul></li> <li>2020 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Simba_attack" title="Camp Simba attack">Camp Simba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shabeelow" title="Battle of Shabeelow">Shabeelow</a></li></ul></li> <li>2021 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awdheegle_and_Bariire_attacks" title="Awdheegle and Bariire attacks">Awdheegle and Bariire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Mogadishu_mutiny" title="2021 Mogadishu mutiny">Mogadishu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wisil" title="Battle of Wisil">Wisil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Golweyn_ambush" title="2021 Golweyn ambush">Golweyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Galmudug_clashes" title="2021 Galmudug clashes">Galmudug</a></li></ul></li> <li>2022 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_al-Shabaab_invasion_of_Ethiopia" title="2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bal%27ad" title="Battle of Bal'ad">Bal'ad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Runirgod" title="Battle of Runirgod">Runirgod</a></li></ul></li> <li>2023 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hilowle_Gaab_attack" title="Hilowle Gaab attack">Hilowle Gaab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hawadley" title="Battle of Hawadley">Hawadley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Buulo_Mareer" title="Battle of Buulo Mareer">Bulo Marer</a></li></ul></li> <li>2024 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Busley_army_base_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Busley army base attack">Dhanaane Busley base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_El_Dher_attack" title="2024 El Dher attack">El Dher</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <hr /> <dl><dt>Major attacks</dt></dl> <ul><li>2009 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_African_Union_base_bombings_in_Mogadishu" title="2009 African Union base bombings in Mogadishu">AU base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Beledweyne_bombing" title="2009 Beledweyne bombing">Beledweyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Hotel_Shamo_bombing" title="2009 Hotel Shamo bombing">Hotel Shamo</a></li></ul></li> <li>2010 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_2010_Mogadishu_bombings" title="May 2010 Mogadishu bombings">Mogadishu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Kampala_bombings" title="2010 Kampala bombings">Kampala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muna_Hotel_attack" title="Muna Hotel attack">Muna Hotel</a></li></ul></li> <li>2011 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Mogadishu_bombing" title="2011 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu</a></li></ul></li> <li>2013 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_2013_Mogadishu_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="June 2013 Mogadishu attack">Mogadishu UN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Mogadishu_Turkish_embassy_attack" title="2013 Mogadishu Turkish embassy attack">Mogadishu embassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westgate_shopping_mall_attack" title="Westgate shopping mall attack">Westgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Beledweyne_attacks" title="2013 Beledweyne attacks">Beledweyne</a></li></ul></li> <li>2014 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Villa_Somalia_attack" title="2014 Villa Somalia attack">Villa Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Hotel_Amalo_attack" title="2014 Hotel Amalo attack">Hotel Amalo</a></li></ul></li> <li>2015 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Hotel_attack" title="Central Hotel attack">Central Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makka_al-Mukarama_hotel_attack" title="Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack">Makka al-Mukarama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garissa_University_College_attack" title="Garissa University College attack">Garissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Ministry_of_Higher_Education_attack" title="2015 Ministry of Higher Education attack">Ministry of Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garowe_attack" title="Garowe attack">Garowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazeera_Palace_Hotel_bombing" title="Jazeera Palace Hotel bombing">Jazeera Palace Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahafi_Hotel_attacks" title="Sahafi Hotel attacks">Sahafi Hotel</a></li></ul></li> <li>2016 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2016_Mogadishu_attack" title="January 2016 Mogadishu attack">Mogadishu (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daallo_Airlines_Flight_159" title="Daallo Airlines Flight 159">Daallo Airlines Flight 159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2016_Mogadishu_attack" title="February 2016 Mogadishu attack">Mogadishu (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baidoa_suicide_bombing" title="Baidoa suicide bombing">Baidoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2016_Mogadishu_attacks" title="June 2016 Mogadishu attacks">Mogadishu (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awdiinle_massacre" title="Awdiinle massacre">Awdiinle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Galkayo_bombings" title="2016 Galkayo bombings">Galkayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_August_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="List of terrorist incidents in August 2016">Mogadishu (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2016_Mogadishu_car_bombing" title="November 2016 Mogadishu car bombing">Mogadishu (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2016_Mogadishu_suicide_bombing" title="December 2016 Mogadishu suicide bombing">Mogadishu (Dec)</a></li></ul></li> <li>2017 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2_January_2017_Mogadishu_bombings" title="2 January 2017 Mogadishu bombings">Mogadishu (2 Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayah_Hotel_attack" title="Dayah Hotel attack">Dayah Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2017_Mogadishu_bombing" title="February 2017 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14_October_2017_Mogadishu_bombings" title="14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings">Mogadishu (14 Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_October_2017_Mogadishu_attacks" title="28 October 2017 Mogadishu attacks">Mogadishu (28 Oct)</a></li></ul></li> <li>2018 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2018_Mogadishu_attacks" title="February 2018 Mogadishu attacks">Mogadishu (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2018_Mogadishu_bombing" title="March 2018 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2018_Mogadishu_bombings" title="July 2018 Mogadishu bombings">Mogadishu (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Baidoa_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Baidoa bombings">Baidoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_September_2018_Mogadishu_bombing" title="2 September 2018 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (2 Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahafi_Hotel_attacks" title="Sahafi Hotel attacks">Sahafi Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2018_Mogadishu_bombing" title="December 2018 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (Dec)</a></li></ul></li> <li>2019 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nairobi_DusitD2_complex_attack" title="Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack">Nairobi DusitD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairobi_Latema_Road_blast" title="Nairobi Latema Road blast">Nairobi Latema Rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_February_2019_Mogadishu_bombing" title="4 February 2019 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (4 Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_February_2019_Mogadishu_bombings" title="28 February 2019 Mogadishu bombings">Mogadishu (28 Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=March_2019_Mogadishu_attacks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="March 2019 Mogadishu attacks (page does not exist)">Mogadishu (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asasey_Hotel_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Asasey Hotel attack">Kismayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_July_2019_Mogadishu_bombing" title="22 July 2019 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (22 Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24_July_2019_Mogadishu_bombing" title="24 July 2019 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (24 Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Kenya_bus_shooting" title="2019 Kenya bus shooting">Kenya bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2019_Mogadishu_bombing" title="December 2019 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (Dec)</a></li></ul></li> <li>2020 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Afgooye_bombing" title="2020 Afgooye bombing">Afgooye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baidoa_Eid_bombing" title="Baidoa Eid bombing">Baidoa Eid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Mogadishu_army_base_bombing" title="2020 Mogadishu army base bombing">Mogadishu (8 Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Mogadishu_hotel_attack" title="2020 Mogadishu hotel attack">Mogadishu (16 Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Galkayo_bombing" title="2020 Galkayo bombing">Galkayo</a></li></ul></li> <li>2021 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2021_Somalia_bombings" title="January 2021 Somalia bombings">Bal'ad and Dinsoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2021_Mogadishu_bombing" title="March 2021 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2021_Mogadishu_bombing" title="June 2021 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2021_Mogadishu_bombing" title="November 2021 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (Nov)</a></li></ul></li> <li>2022 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Mandera_attack" title="2022 Mandera attack">Mandera</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Beledweyne (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2022_Somalia_attacks" title="March 2022 Somalia attacks">Beledweyne and Mogadishu (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2022_Mogadishu_bombing" title="April 2022 Mogadishu bombing">Mogadishu (Apr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2022_Mogadishu_attack" title="August 2022 Mogadishu attack">Mogadishu (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2022_Beledweyne_attack" title="September 2022 Beledweyne attack">Beledweyne (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2022_Beledweyne_bombings" title="October 2022 Beledweyne bombings">Beledweyne (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Kismayo_hotel_attack" title="2022 Kismayo hotel attack">Kismayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2022_Mogadishu_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="October 2022 Mogadishu bombings">Mogadishu (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Villa_Rossa_Hotel" title="Siege of the Villa Rossa Hotel">Mogadishu (Nov)</a></li></ul></li> <li>2023 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahas_bombings" title="Mahas bombings">Mahas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buloburde_and_Jalalaqsi_bombings" title="Buloburde and Jalalaqsi bombings">Buloburde and Jalalaqsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Mogadishu_hotel_attack" title="2023 Mogadishu hotel attack">Mogadishu (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogadishu_military_academy_bombing" title="Mogadishu military academy bombing">Mogadishu (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Beledweyne_bombing" title="2023 Beledweyne bombing">Beledweyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogadishu_tea_shop_bombing" title="Mogadishu tea shop bombing">Mogadishu (Sep)</a></li></ul></li> <li>2024 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Mogadishu_market_bombing" title="2024 Mogadishu market bombing">Mogadishu market (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Mogadishu_SYL_Hotel_attack_and_siege" title="2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege">Mogadishu hotel (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Busley_army_base_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Busley army base attack">Dhanaane Busley base (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Lido_Beach_attack" title="2024 Lido Beach attack">Lido Beach (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Mogadishu_tea_shop_bombing" title="2024 Mogadishu tea shop bombing">Mogadishu tea shop (Aug)</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>On 19 February, 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Islamist" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamist">Islamist</a> <a href="/wiki/Militant" title="Militant">militant</a> group al-Shabaab – the Somali branch of <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> – began their <a href="/wiki/Insurgency" title="Insurgency">insurgency</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Somalia_War_(2006%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="Somalia War (2006–2009)">2006–2009</a> phase of the <a href="/wiki/Somali_Civil_War" title="Somali Civil War">Somali Civil War</a>. They took part in battles in Beledweyne, <a href="/wiki/Hiran,_Somalia" title="Hiran, Somalia">Hiran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hirshabelle_State" title="Hirshabelle State">Hirshabelle State</a> in <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beledweyne_(2008)" title="Battle of Beledweyne (2008)">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beledweyne_(2010)" title="Battle of Beledweyne (2010)">2010</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beledweyne_(2011)" title="Battle of Beledweyne (2011)">2011</a>. In 2009, they carried out a suicide <a href="/wiki/Car_bomb" title="Car bomb">car bombing</a> <a href="/wiki/2009_Beledweyne_bombing" title="2009 Beledweyne bombing">at a hotel there</a>, killing 57 people. In 2013, they carried out <a href="/wiki/2013_Beledweyne_attacks" title="2013 Beledweyne attacks">suicide attacks there</a> at a restaurant and a <a href="/wiki/Police_station" title="Police station">police station</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bombing">Bombing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=February_2022_Beledweyne_bombing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bombing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the morning of 19 February, 2022, a suicide bomber <a href="/wiki/Detonate" class="mw-redirect" title="Detonate">detonated</a> a bomb in a restaurant in Beledweyene.<sup id="cite_ref-R_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-G_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It killed 14 people – including a candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2022_Somali_presidential_election" title="2022 Somali presidential election">same month's election</a> – and injured at least another 12.<sup id="cite_ref-R_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-G_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same day, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-R_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-G_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=February_2022_Beledweyne_bombing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/March_2022_Somalia_attacks" title="March 2022 Somalia attacks">March 2022 Somalia attacks</a></div> <p>On 23 March 2022, two more suicide bombings killed over 30 people. The first one killed <a href="/wiki/Amina_Mohamed_Abdi" title="Amina Mohamed Abdi">Amina Mohamed Abdi</a> and many of her bodyguards, while the second was a <a href="/wiki/Car_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="Car bombing">car bombing</a> against a hospital in Beledweyne.<sup id="cite_ref-R2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=February_2022_Beledweyne_bombing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mogadishu_bombings_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect 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(2009–present)</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>Part of the <a href="/wiki/Somali_Civil_War" title="Somali Civil War">Somali Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">War on terror</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2009 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2010 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2011 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2012 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2013 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2014 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2015 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2016 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2017 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2018 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2019 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2020 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2021 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2022 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2023 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_timeline_of_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="2024 timeline of the Somali Civil War">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Background</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Somalia_(1991%E2%80%932006)" title="History of Somalia (1991–2006)">History of Somalia (1991–2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Somalia" title="Greater Somalia">Greater Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_%E2%80%93_Horn_of_Africa" title="Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa">Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Civil_War" title="Somali Civil War">Somali Civil War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Factions_in_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="Factions in the Somali Civil War">Factions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_and_humanitarian_efforts_in_the_Somali_Civil_War" title="Diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the Somali Civil War">Diplomatic and humanitarian efforts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_War_in_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Propaganda in the War in Somalia">Propaganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disarmament_in_Somalia" title="Disarmament in Somalia">Disarmament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Islamic_Courts_Union_offensive" title="2006 Islamic Courts Union offensive">2006 Islamic Courts Union offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(2006)" title="Battle of Mogadishu (2006)">Battle of Mogadishu (2006)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian%E2%80%93Somali_conflict" title="Ethiopian–Somali conflict">Ethiopian–Somali conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Ogaden" title="Insurgency in Ogaden">Insurgency in Ogaden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attempts_at_reconciliation_in_Somalia_(1991%E2%80%932004)" title="Attempts at reconciliation in Somalia (1991–2004)">Somali Reconciliation Conferences</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conference_on_National_Reconciliation_in_Somalia" title="Conference on National Reconciliation in Somalia">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Somali_Reconciliation_Conference" title="2002 Somali Reconciliation Conference">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Somali_National_Reconciliation_Conference" title="2007 Somali National Reconciliation Conference">2007</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operations<br />and battles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Mogadishu" title="Battle of South Mogadishu">Battle of South Mogadishu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(2009)" title="Battle of Mogadishu (2009)">Battle of Mogadishu (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Central_Somalia_(2009)" title="Battle for Central Somalia (2009)">Battle for Central Somalia (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wabho" title="Battle of Wabho">Battle of Wabho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kismayo_(2009)" title="Battle of Kismayo (2009)">Battle of Kismayo (2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beledweyne_(2010)" title="Battle of Beledweyne (2010)">Battle of Beledweyne (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Somaliland_border" title="Ethiopia–Somaliland border">2010 Ayn clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Kenya%E2%80%93Al-Shabaab_border_clash" title="2010 Kenya–Al-Shabaab border clash">2010 Kenya–Al-Shabaab border clash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mogadishu_(2010%E2%80%932011)" title="Battle of Mogadishu (2010–2011)">Battle of Mogadishu (2010–2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jubbada_Hoose" title="Battle of Jubbada Hoose">Battle of Jubbada Hoose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gedo" title="Battle of Gedo">Battle of Gedo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Elwaq" title="Battle of Elwaq">Battle of Elwaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Linda_Nchi" title="Operation Linda Nchi">Operation Linda Nchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Deynile" title="Battle of Deynile">Battle of Deynile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beledweyne_(2011)" title="Battle of Beledweyne (2011)">Battle of Beledweyne (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yurkud_(2012)" title="Battle of Yurkud (2012)">Battle of Yurkud (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kismayo_(2012)" title="Battle of Kismayo (2012)">Battle of Kismayo (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulo_Marer_hostage_rescue_attempt" title="Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt">Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Indian_Ocean" title="Operation Indian Ocean">Operation Indian Ocean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galgala_campaign" title="Galgala campaign">Galgala campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baure" title="Battle of Baure">Battle of Baure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leego_(2015)" title="Battle of Leego (2015)">Battle of Leego (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Janale_(2015)" title="Battle of Janale (2015)">Battle of Janale (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_El_Adde" title="Battle of El Adde">Battle of El Adde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qandala_campaign" title="Qandala campaign">Qandala campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kulbiyow" title="Battle of Kulbiyow">Battle of Kulbiyow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_raid_on_Barii" title="2017 raid on Barii">2017 raid on Barii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Af_Urur" title="Battle of Af Urur">Battle of Af Urur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Golweyn_ambush" title="2017 Golweyn ambush">2017 Golweyn ambush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2017_Somalia_airstrike" title="November 2017 Somalia airstrike">November 2017 Somalia airstrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_African_Union_base_attack_in_Bulo_Marer" title="2018 African Union base attack in Bulo Marer">2018 African Union base attack in Bulo Marer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2018_airstrikes_in_Gandarshe" title="December 2018 airstrikes in Gandarshe">December 2018 airstrikes in Gandarshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Simba_attack" title="Camp Simba attack">Camp Simba attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Mogadishu_mutiny" title="2021 Mogadishu mutiny">2021 Mogadishu mutiny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Golweyn_ambush" title="2021 Golweyn ambush">2021 Golweyn ambush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Galmudug_clashes" title="2021 Galmudug clashes">2021 Galmudug clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_al-Shabaab_invasion_of_Ethiopia" title="2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia">2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bal%27ad" title="Battle of Bal'ad">Battle of Bal'ad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Runirgod" title="Battle of Runirgod">Battle of Runirgod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Buulo_Mareer" title="Battle of Buulo Mareer">Battle of Buulo Mareer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attacks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_African_Union_base_bombings_in_Mogadishu" title="2009 African Union base bombings in Mogadishu">2009 African Union base bombings in Mogadishu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Beledweyne_bombing" title="2009 Beledweyne bombing">2009 Beledweyne bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Hotel_Shamo_bombing" title="2009 Hotel Shamo bombing">2009 Hotel Shamo bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2010_Mogadishu_bombings" title="May 2010 Mogadishu bombings">May 2010 Mogadishu bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Kampala_bombings" title="2010 Kampala bombings">2010 Kampala bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muna_Hotel_attack" title="Muna Hotel attack">Muna Hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Mogadishu_bombing" title="2011 Mogadishu bombing">2011 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2013_Mogadishu_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="June 2013 Mogadishu attack">June 2013 Mogadishu attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Mogadishu_Turkish_embassy_attack" title="2013 Mogadishu Turkish embassy attack">2013 Mogadishu Turkish embassy attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westgate_shopping_mall_attack" title="Westgate shopping mall attack">Westgate shopping mall attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Beledweyne_attacks" title="2013 Beledweyne attacks">2013 Beledweyne attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Villa_Somalia_attack" title="2014 Villa Somalia attack">2014 Villa Somalia attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Hotel_Amalo_attack" title="2014 Hotel Amalo attack">2014 Hotel Amalo attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Hotel_attack" title="Central Hotel attack">Central Hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makka_al-Mukarama_hotel_attack" title="Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack">Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garissa_University_College_attack" title="Garissa University College attack">Garissa University College attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Ministry_of_Higher_Education_attack" title="2015 Ministry of Higher Education attack">2015 Ministry of Higher Education attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garowe_attack" title="Garowe attack">Garowe attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazeera_Palace_Hotel_bombing" title="Jazeera Palace Hotel bombing">Jazeera Palace Hotel bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahafi_Hotel_attacks" title="Sahafi Hotel attacks">Sahafi Hotel attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2016_Mogadishu_attack" title="January 2016 Mogadishu attack">January 2016 Mogadishu attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daallo_Airlines_Flight_159" title="Daallo Airlines Flight 159">Daallo Airlines Flight 159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2016_Mogadishu_attack" title="February 2016 Mogadishu attack">February 2016 Mogadishu attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baidoa_suicide_bombing" title="Baidoa suicide bombing">Baidoa suicide bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2016_Mogadishu_attacks" title="June 2016 Mogadishu attacks">June 2016 Mogadishu attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Galkayo_bombings" title="2016 Galkayo bombings">2016 Galkayo bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2016_Mogadishu_car_bombing" title="November 2016 Mogadishu car bombing">November 2016 Mogadishu car bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2016_Mogadishu_suicide_bombing" title="December 2016 Mogadishu suicide bombing">December 2016 Mogadishu suicide bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_January_2017_Mogadishu_bombings" title="2 January 2017 Mogadishu bombings">2 January 2017 Mogadishu bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayah_Hotel_attack" title="Dayah Hotel attack">Dayah Hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2017_Mogadishu_bombing" title="February 2017 Mogadishu bombing">February 2017 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14_October_2017_Mogadishu_bombings" title="14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings">14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_October_2017_Mogadishu_attacks" title="28 October 2017 Mogadishu attacks">28 October 2017 Mogadishu attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2018_Mogadishu_attacks" title="February 2018 Mogadishu attacks">February 2018 Mogadishu attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2018_Mogadishu_bombing" title="March 2018 Mogadishu bombing">March 2018 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2018_Mogadishu_bombings" title="July 2018 Mogadishu bombings">July 2018 Mogadishu bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_September_2018_Mogadishu_bombing" title="2 September 2018 Mogadishu bombing">2 September 2018 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahafi_Hotel_attacks" title="Sahafi Hotel attacks">Sahafi Hotel attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2018_Mogadishu_bombing" title="December 2018 Mogadishu bombing">December 2018 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairobi_DusitD2_complex_attack" title="Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack">Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairobi_Latema_Road_blast" title="Nairobi Latema Road blast">Nairobi Latema Road blast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4_February_2019_Mogadishu_bombing" title="4 February 2019 Mogadishu bombing">4 February 2019 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_February_2019_Mogadishu_bombings" title="28 February 2019 Mogadishu bombings">28 February 2019 Mogadishu bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asasey_Hotel_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Asasey Hotel attack">Asasey Hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_July_2019_Mogadishu_bombing" title="22 July 2019 Mogadishu bombing">22 July 2019 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24_July_2019_Mogadishu_bombing" title="24 July 2019 Mogadishu bombing">24 July 2019 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Kenya_bus_shooting" title="2019 Kenya bus shooting">2019 Kenya bus shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2019_Mogadishu_bombing" title="December 2019 Mogadishu bombing">December 2019 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Afgooye_bombing" title="2020 Afgooye bombing">2020 Afgooye bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Mogadishu_army_base_bombing" title="2020 Mogadishu army base bombing">2020 Mogadishu army base bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Mogadishu_hotel_attack" title="2020 Mogadishu hotel attack">2020 Mogadishu hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Galkayo_bombing" title="2020 Galkayo bombing">2020 Galkayo bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2021_Mogadishu_bombing" title="March 2021 Mogadishu bombing">March 2021 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2021_Mogadishu_bombing" title="June 2021 Mogadishu bombing">June 2021 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2021_Mogadishu_bombing" title="November 2021 Mogadishu bombing">November 2021 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Mandera_attack" title="2022 Mandera attack">2022 Mandera attack</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">February 2022 Beledweyne bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2022_Somalia_attacks" title="March 2022 Somalia attacks">March 2022 Somalia attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2022_Mogadishu_bombing" title="April 2022 Mogadishu bombing">April 2022 Mogadishu bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2022_Mogadishu_attack" title="August 2022 Mogadishu attack">August 2022 Mogadishu attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2022_Beledweyne_attack" title="September 2022 Beledweyne attack">September 2022 Beledweyne attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2022_Beledweyne_bombings" title="October 2022 Beledweyne bombings">October 2022 Beledweyne bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Kismayo_hotel_attack" title="2022 Kismayo hotel attack">2022 Kismayo hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2022_Mogadishu_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="October 2022 Mogadishu bombings">October 2022 Mogadishu bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Villa_Rossa_Hotel" title="Siege of the Villa Rossa Hotel">Siege of the Villa Rossa Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahas_bombings" title="Mahas bombings">Mahas bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Mogadishu_hotel_attack" title="2023 Mogadishu hotel attack">2023 Mogadishu hotel attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogadishu_military_academy_bombing" title="Mogadishu military academy bombing">Mogadishu military academy bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Beledweyne_bombing" title="2023 Beledweyne bombing">2023 Beledweyne bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogadishu_tea_shop_bombing" title="Mogadishu tea shop bombing">Mogadishu tea shop bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_%E2%80%93_Horn_of_Africa" title="Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa">OEF–HOA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_Baraawe_raid" title="2009 Baraawe raid">2009 Baraawe raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulo_Marer_hostage_rescue_attempt" title="Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt">Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_raid_on_Barawe" title="2013 raid on Barawe">2013 raid on Barawe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_raid_on_Barii" title="2017 raid on Barii">2017 raid on Barii</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Noramfaizul_Mohd_Nor" title="Death of Noramfaizul Mohd Nor">Death of Noramfaizul Mohd Nor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Somalia_Conference" title="London Somalia Conference">London Somalia Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdiaziz_Abdinur_Ibrahim_controversy" title="Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim controversy">Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daallo_Airlines_Flight_159" title="Daallo Airlines Flight 159">Daallo Airlines Flight 159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awdiinle_massacre" title="Awdiinle massacre">Awdiinle massacre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)" title="Al-Shabaab (militant group)">Al-Shabaab</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mukhtar_Robow" title="Mukhtar Robow">Mukhtar Robow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Dhere" title="Ali Dhere">Ali Dhere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuad_Qalaf" title="Fuad Qalaf">Fuad Qalaf</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/15px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Jihad.svg/30px-Flag_of_Jihad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hizbul_Islam" title="Hizbul Islam">Hizbul Islam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Dahir_Aweys" title="Hassan Dahir Aweys">Hassan Dahir Aweys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Abdullah_Hersi_al-Turki" title="Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki">Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia"><img alt="Somalia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Federal_Government_of_Somalia" title="Federal Government of Somalia">Federal Government of 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