10 January –
Al-Shabaab insurgents capture a
United Nations helicopter carrying seven people, killing one person and abducting five others, while the seventh person is missing. The helicopter had landed in al-Shabaab controlled territory after encountering "a defect" shortly after takeoff from
Beledweyne,
Hiran.[2]
25 January — Prominent figures, including Federal President
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the Presidents of
Southwest,
Galmudug, and
Hirshabelle States, participate in the inauguration of Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni.[4]
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]
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
1 April —
Puntland declares its intention to operate as an
independent state until the changes to the Somali constitution adopted on 30 March are ratified through a popular referendum.[15]
3 April — Following Puntland's declaration of self-autonomy, Ambassador Mesganu Arga of Ethiopia welcomes a senior ministerial delegation led by Puntland’s Minister of Finance on enhancing trade, investment, energy cooperation, and joint infrastructure projects to strengthen bilateral ties.[16]
4 April:
Al-Shabaab militants recapture Daaru-Nimca village in
Middle Shabelle without resistance after Somali troops withdraw.[17]
The federal government orders the expulsion of Ethiopian Ambassador Mesganu Arga and the closure of Ethiopia’s consulates in
Somaliland and Puntland, citing Ethiopian interference in Somalia’s internal affairs.[18]
5 April —
Puntland and
Somaliland reject the Federal Government's order to close the Ethiopian consulate.[19]
6 April — Al-Shabaab carries out a suicide vehicle attack on a
NISA base, followed by gun attacks on three checkpoints and a security office in
Balcad district of
Hirshabelle State, near Mogadishu, before retreating.[20]
A deadly clan clash between
Abudwak and
Herale has resulted in one of the worst incidents in recent years of the
Somali civil war, leaving over 50 people dead and more than 60 injured in the
Galguduud region.[31]
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]