2019 in Somalia explained

Events in the year 2019 in Somalia.

Incumbents

• President

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (since 16 February 2017)

• Prime Minister

Hassan Ali Khaire (since 1 March 2017)

Events

• Somali Civil War (2009–present)

February

• 4 February  - A bombing at a shopping mall in Mogadishu kills 11 people^[1]
• 7 February  - 2019 Somali First Division season begins^[2]
• 23 February  - Two al-Shabab militants and two civilians were killed in an AFRICON airstrike near Kunyo Barrow.^[3]
• 28 February  - A bombing near the Maka al-Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu kills over 30 people

July

• 12 July  - Asasey Hotel attack
• 24 July  - A bombing at a municipal government office in Mogadishu kills seven people, including the mayor

August

• 19 - 31 August  - Somalia at the 2019 African Games

December

• 7 December  - Cyclone Pawan makes landfall at Bosaso^[4]
• 28 December  - A bombing at the Ex-Control Afgoye police checkpoint in Mogadishu kills 85 people^[5]

Deaths

• 12 July  - Hodan Nalayeh (born 1969), media executive, Asasey Hotel attack^[6]
• 1 August  - Abdirahman Omar Osman, (born 1965), Minister of Commerce and Industry (2015–2017) and Mayor of Mogadishu (since 2018), bombing^[7]
• 20 November  - Almaas Elman, peace and human rights activist, shot^[8]

See also

• 2019 in Somaliland

Notes and References

1. News: Car bomb attack in Somalia's Mogadishu kills at least 11 people. Al Jazeera. 4 February 2019. 10 April 2020.
2. Web site: Somali Premier League-2018-2019. Somali Football Federation. 10 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200410072122/https://www.somsoccer.com/english/content.php?pg=2&ipp=1&do=page&id=34&name=Somali-Premier-League. 10 April 2020.
3. News: Two civilians were killed in Somalia during a U.S. airstrike on Feb. 23, 2019, that also killed two al-Shabab militants, according to U.S. Africa Command’s first casualty assessment released Monday. “While we follow very precise and rigorous standards, in instances where we fail to meet our expectations, we will admit the mistake,” AFRICOM commander Army Gen. Stephen Townsend said in a statement. “Regrettably two civilians were killed and three others injured in a February 2019 airstrike. We have the highest respect for our Somali friends and we are deeply sorry this occurred." . AFRICOM confirms two civilians were killed in February 2019 airstrike targeting al-Shabab militants . Diana Stancy . Correll . Military Times.
4. Web site: Somalia: Tropical Cyclone Pawan Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) DREF Operation n° MDRSO008. ReliefWeb. 20 December 2019. 10 April 2020.
5. News: Somalia: Police launch manhunt after 'dangerous militants' escape from prison. Garowe Online. 31 December 2019. 10 April 2020.
6. News: Several killed in bomb, gun attack on Somalia hotel: officials. Al Jazeera. 12 July 2019. 10 April 2020.
7. News: Mayor of Mogadishu dies as result of al-Shabaab attack. The Guardian. 1 August 2019. 10 April 2020.
8. News: Somali-Canadian peace activist shot dead in Mogadishu. Al Jazeera. 20 November 2019. 10 April 2020.