2023 in Somalia

2023 in Somalia
Events in the year 2023 in Somalia.
Incumbents
President: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Prime Minister: Hamza Abdi Barre
Speaker of the House: Abdi Hashi Abdullahi
Events
Ongoing – Somali Civil War (2009–present) (2023 timeline of the Somali Civil War); COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
January
4 January – Mahas bombings: 35 people are killed and many others wounded by al-Shabaab jihadists in a double car bombing in Mahas District, Hiran.
6 January –
Al-Shabaab gunmen storm a village in Hirshabelle State, killing at least six people. The village was captured from al-Shabab the previous week.
At least 20 people are killed and many more injured during an ambush by al-Shabaab insurgents at a government base at the Hilowle Gaab village.
16 January –
The Somali Armed Forces claim it recaptured the port town of Harardhere from Al-Shabaab militants.
According to a Puntland officer, Somali forces allied with regional militias also took the town of El Dhere.
17 January – Seven soldiers, including a commander, are killed when al-Shabaab terrorists attack a base in Hawadley with a suicide car bomb and gunmen.
26 January – A U.S. military raid in northern Somalia kills senior Islamic State member Bilal al-Sudani and ten other insurgents. No U.S. military casualties are reported in the operation, which was ordered by U.S. President Joe Biden.
March
21 March – The Somali National Army and pro-government militants kill 30 al-Shabaab jihadists and injure many others while defending a military base in the south of the country.
May
2 May – Somali forces kill 67 al-Shabaab militants and seize many weapons in a continuation of offensives against the group in the Mudug region.
26 May – Fifty-four Ugandan soldiers are killed after Al-Shabaab gunmen storm an AMISOM base in Bulomarer.
28 May – Somalia announces that beginning next year, the country will change to a presidential system and elect officials by direct vote, ending more than three decades of indirect voting where lawmakers elected the country's leaders with the approval of clan and elderly leaders.
June
10 June-
2023 Mogadishu hotel attack: Six civilians and three soldiers are killed and ten others are injured by al-Shabaab at a hotel in Lido Beach, Mogadishu. All seven attackers are also killed.
At least 27 people died, most children, and 53 were injured after remnants of an old bomb exploded in the Murale village in the Janaale area of the eastern Lower Shabelle region.
June 20- Brig-Gen Mohydin is appointed as the Chief of the defense force Somali National Army (SNA), replacing Maj- Gen Odowa Yusuf Rage.
June 20 – At least 26 people died, 16 of them soldiers, and 30 others wounded after heavy fighting broke out in Puntland. This is after the Puntland parliament voted for a one-man-one vote election with multiple political parties.
July
July 13 – Four people are killed in Jubaland, Somalia, as al-Shabaab is confirmed as having captured a military base in the area which had been handed to Somalia by the Kenyan military on June 29.
September
September 23 – 2023 Beledweyne bombing: At least 20 people are killed in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in Beledweyne, Hiran.
October
October 19 – Khatumo is reestablished as one of the federal states of Somalia by the Somali government.
Deaths
26 January – Bilal al-Sudani, terrorist.
5 April – Ismail Mahmud Hurre, 80, politician, minister of foreign affairs (2000–2002, 2006–2007).
On 16 August, Somali traditional poet Abwan Jama Kadiye has died in a tragic incident that generated significant attention and concern. Reports suggested that he was a victim of indiscriminate mortar shelling in the vicinity of Goja Adde. While there have been claims attributing this incident to Somaliland, it's important to note that Somaliland has denied any involvement in these allegations.
See also
2023 in Somaliland
COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
References
Somalia
Somalia
2020s in Somalia
Years of the 21st century in Somalia