2024 in Somalia

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Events in the year 2024 in Somalia.

Incumbents

• President: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
• Prime Minister: Hamza Abdi Barre
• Speaker of the House: Abdi Hashi Abdullahi

Events

Ongoing: 2024 timeline of the Somali Civil War

January

• 8 January — Said Abdullahi Deni is re-elected as the President of the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, which maintains tense relations with the federal government in Mogadishu.^[1]
• 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]
• 16 January – An al-Shabaab suicide bomber kills three people and wounds two others outside the Mayor of Mogadishu's office.^[3]
• 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]

February

• 6 February — 2024 Mogadishu market bombing - Ten people are killed and 30 others are injured following explosions in the Bakaara Market, Mogadishu believed to be perpetrated by Al-Shabab, who reportedly planted explosive devices underground.^[5]
• 7 February — A suicide bombing in Afgooye kills three people and injures ten others.^[6]
• 10 February — Four Emirati soldiers and a Bahraini military officer are killed, while ten others are injured, when a soldier opens fire at a military base in Mogadishu, before being killed in the ensuing shootout. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.^[7]

March

• 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.^[8]
  • 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.^[9]
• 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.^[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.^[11]
• 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.^[12][13]

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.^[14]
• 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.^[15]
• 4 April:
  • Al-Shabaab militants recapture Daaru-Nimca village in Middle Shabelle without resistance after Somali troops withdraw.^[16]
  • 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.^[17]
• 5 April — Puntland and Somaliland reject the Federal Government's order to close the Ethiopian consulate.^[18]
• 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.^[19]
• 7 April — Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, conducts a cabinet reshuffle, introducing key appointments across various ministries. Ahmed Moalim Fiqi becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs from his former role as Interior Minister. Ali Yusuf Ali Hoosh becomes Minister for Interior Affairs, Federal & Reconciliation. General Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail Fartaag is appointed as Minister of Internal Security, while Abdullahi Bidhaan Warsame becomes Minister of Energy and Water. Mohamed Aden Moallin assumes the position of Minister of Post, Telecom & Technology, and Ahmed Omar Mohamed is appointed State Minister for Environment and Climate Change.^[20]
• 8 April —The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi issues a warning of threats to various locations in Mogadishu, including Aden Adde International Airport, all movements of U.S. Embassy personnel are canceled for 9 April.^[21]
• 9 April — A series of mortar attacks occur in different parts of Mogadishu including Villa Somalia. Flights by Turkish Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines are canceled due to security threats.^[22]
• 11 April — The Somali National Army repels an attempted attack by Al-Shabaab at the Bar Sanguni base in the Lower Juba region.^[23]
• 26 April — The Federal Government detains U.S.-trained commandos pf the Danab Brigade for stealing rations donated by the AFRICOM.^[24]
• 27 April — Al-Shabab recaptures the strategic locations of Eid-Eidka and Ali Foldhere in Mahaday Weyn. Middle Shabelle amid clan rivalries.^[25]
• 28 April — Six Hormuud Telecom workers are killed in an explosion near Elasha Biyaha, approximately 16 km (10 mi) from Mogadishu.^[26]

May

• 3 May — Senior Somali Police officer, Lieutenant Colonel Adan Omar Biid, is shot dead in Mogadishu.^[27]
• 25 May — More than 22,000 students from the nine regions of Puntland have commenced central exams. The exams was taken by 8th and 12th-grade students, organized annually by the Puntland Ministry of Education and Higher Education.^[28]

Holidays

Source:^[29]

• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 7 February - Isra' and Mi'raj
• 10–11 April – Eid al-Fitr
• 1 May - Labour Day
• 16 June – Eid al-Adha
• 1 July – Independence Day
• 7 July – Islamic New Year
• 16–17 July – Ashura
• 15 September – Milad un-Nabi

See also

• 2024 in Somaliland

References

External links

• Online calendar