Deadly Somalia

On June 19, 2013, Islamist militants in Somalia carried out a deadly assault on the main UN compound in Mogadishu, killing at least 17 people; African Union soldiers restored order after a 90-minute gun battle. On May 5, an attack on a government convoy killed eight bystanders. On April 14, a combined suicide bombing and armed assault by al-Shabaab terrorist gunmen killed 29 and wounded 58 in Mogadishu’s main court complex.

Interclan and interfactional fighting flares up with little or no warning. This has resulted in the deaths of countless Somali nationals and the displacement of more than one million people.

Assassinations, grenade throwing and kidnappings remain daily threats along with illegal roadblocks and banditry.