2023 timeline of the Somali Civil War
This is a 2023 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
January[edit]
- 4 January: Mahas bombings.[1]
April[edit]
- 11 April - Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres arrives in Mogadishu for talks on war aid.[2]
- 22 April - 21 are killed in Masagaway District.[3]
May[edit]
- 4 May - Somali government reports a 70% decrease in al-Shabab attacks.[4]
- 26 May - Battle of Buulo Mareer, al-Shabaab attack on Ugandan forces.
June[edit]
- 10 June - 2023 Mogadishu hotel attack.[5]
July[edit]
- 24 July - at least 30 Somali Army soldiers were killed and many others were wounded after an al-Shabaab militant suicide bombed an army training camp in Mogadishu.[6]
August[edit]
- 26 August - at least 13 al-Shabaab militants were killed in an American airstrike in the vicinity of Seiera, approximately 45 kilometers northwest of Kismayo.[7]
September[edit]
- 29 September - an al-Shabaab suicide bomber blew himself up in a tea shop in Mogadishu; at least seven people died.[8]
October[edit]
- 4 October - at least 20 Somali Army soldiers were killed in fighting with al-Shabaab militants in an area of Galmudug state known as Shabelow forest.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Somalia car bombs: Family of nine killed in Hiraan attack". BBC News. 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "UN chief sounds alarm on Somalia's 'massive' need for aid". France 24. 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "At least 21 killed as Somalia battles jihadis in remote area". thestar.com. 2023-04-22. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Somali government reports a 70% decrease in al-Shabab attacks". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ^ "Pearl Beach hotel: Islamists kill nine in Somalia attack". BBC News. 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ "Suicide bomber kills at least 30 soldiers in Somali capital -military sources". Reuters. 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Somalia: US Airstrike Kills 13 Al-Shabab Militants". AllAfrica.com. 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Suicide attack on tea shop in Somalia capital kills at least seven". www.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera.
- ^ "At Least 20 Pro-Govt Somali Fighters Killed Battling Al-Shabaab". The Defense Post.
