This is a 2018 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
January January 5An African Union peacekeeper was killed, and two others were wounded in a landmine explosion in Buloburde District. Two men, including a prominent local traditional elder have been assassinated by suspected al-Shabaab militants in Afgoye district in Lower Shabelle. Assailants shot and killed two civilians at Koodka neighborhood Mogadishu January 8At least two Somali soldiers were injured in a grenade attack on an army checkpoint outside Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiran. January 9A bomb explosion in the heart of Mogadishu, the Somali capital has wounded at least three government soldiers aboard a military vehicle. January 11One civilian was killed and several were wounded after mortar rounds landed near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu. January 14Five Somali soldiers were wounded when their military vehicle hit a landmine in Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base north of the capital Mogadishu, killing at least two Somali government soldiers. January 23Four people have been killed and six others wounded in a remote-controlled improvised explosive device explosion near Mogadishu. January 27Al-Shabaab militants have shot and killed an assistant judge in Wanlaweyn district in Somalia's Southern Lower Shabelle region. January 29A Somali army colonel and three soldiers were killed following an attack on a convoy by Al-Shabaab militants in Bay region in Southern Somalia. January 30A roadside bomb hit a military vehicle carrying Puntland soldiers in the vicinity of Galgala hills of Bari region, killing at least one soldier, wounding 3 others.
February February 1A roadside bomb explosion killed at least three people and wounded two others in an area outside Mogadishu, the Somali capital. February 4Four people have been killed and five others injured in a bomb explosion inside a house in the Somali capital Mogadishu. February 5Assailants have shot and killed a former district commissioner in Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiran province in central Somalia. February 6Five soldiers were wounded in an overnight attack on a police station in Bosaso, the main commercial city of the northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland. Two people were killed in an attack on a police station by al-Shabaab militants in Jalalaqsi town in Hiran region of central Somalia. Three people were killed in separate shootings in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab assassins. February 7A senior Somali military officer was assassinated in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. Five Somali soldiers were killed and four others wounded in a roadside explosion in Afgooye district in Lower Shabelle region. February 10Al-Shabaab militants attacked Afgooye town, about 30 km southwest of Mogadishu. Three civilians were injured in the attack. February 12Two Kenyans have been stabbed to death by al-Shabaab fighters for allegedly spying for Somalia and Kenyan intelligence services in Qunyo Barrow town, Lower Shabelle region. February 15One person has been injured after an explosive device attached to his vehicle went off in Waberi district. February 16At least two Puntland soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Galgala Mountains of Bari region. Another was injured in the attack. February 23At least 45 people were killed and 36 others injured in two car bombings and subsequent gunfire in Mogadishu. Five attackers were also killed in the attack.
March March 1At least three people were killed and three others were wounded when a suicide car bomb blast targeted a security checkpoint in Sinka Dher on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu. Another three people were killed and two injured in a mortar attack in Mogadishu. March 2A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden minibus into a military camp in Afgooye, a district in Lower Shabelle region, killing at least 5 Somali soldiers and wounding several others. 6 other government soldiers died after a remote-controlled landmine targeted a convoy carrying injured soldiers from Afgooye to Mogadishu. At least three Burundian soldiers of the African Union Mission to Somalia were killed in an al-Shabaab attack near Jowhar, Somalia. Seven others were injured, four were still missing, and one armoured vehicle and four trucks were damaged during the attack. March 10At least four members of the Somali security force were killed and another injured in a remote-controlled improvised explosive device attack on the outskirts of Mogadishu. March 11Al-Shabaab assailants have shot and killed at least three people in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. March 12At least one soldier was killed and several others were wounded in Mogadishu in a shootout between Somali security forces and al-Shabaab militants. March 14Two Puntland bomb disposal experts were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in the Galgala Mountains of Bari region. March 15Three people were killed and two others injured in a grenade attack in Bosaso, the commercial city of Somalia's northeastern Puntland region. March 2218 people were killed and 22 others wounded in a car bomb explosion near a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu. March 25At least four people were killed and ten others injured in a suicide car bomb attack near Somalia's parliament headquarters in Mogadishu. March 27A Somali lawmaker was shot dead by al-Shabaab assassins in her home in Mogadishu.
September September 2A suicide bombing is carried out in Mogadishu by Al-Shabaab. The blast left 3 people dead.
October
October 1A suicide car bomber by the group Al-Shabaab struck an EU convoy carrying Italian soldiers in Mogadishu, killing 2 civilians and injuring at least 5. October 1Islamic state attackers shot dead 3 Ethiopians and injured 4 in Bosaso town, the attackers fled the scene. October 9Al-Shabaab executed 5 people by a firing squad, accused of spying for US and British intelligence forces near the town of Jilib. October 13At least 16 people were killed and 50 were wounded when twin suicide bombings targeted a restaurant and a coffee shop in Baidoa. A grenade was also thrown into a nearby hotel.
See also Somali Civil War (2009–present)
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