Lower Shabelle (Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose, Maay: Shibelithy Hoosy, Arabic: شبيلي السفلى, Italian: Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region (gobol) in...

military campaign in central Somalia, primarily in the Middle Shabelle, Lower Shabelle and Hiran regions, with periodic clashes in the Banaadir region...

region of Lower Shabelle and the capital Mogadishu to the west. The Shabelle River also passes through this region. The region of Middle Shabelle formed...

coastal areas between Ras Hafun and Merca, as well as the lower basin of the lower Shabelle river. Al-Idrisi's mention of the Hawiye is the first documentary...

(gobollo): Bay, Bakool, Middle Jubba (Jubbada Dhexe), Lower Shabelle (Shabeellada Hoose), Gedo and Lower Jubba (Jubbada Hoose). The establishment of the autonomous...

militants were killed in clashes with Somali forces the Ambaluul area of Lower Shabelle. 15 March: Al-Shabaab militants took control of the Sumadale area near...

the dominant clan in Merca district of Lower Shabelle region and make up the majority in Jammaame district of Lower Jubba region. They also live in large...

000 Jamaame Lower Juba 129,100 Jilib Middle Juba 113,400 Jowhar Middle Shabelle 218,000 Kismaayo Lower Juba 166,700 Marka Lower Shabelle 192,900 Mogadishu...

in the town's environs. In 1999, the RRA seized control of the wider Lower Shabelle, Gedo, Bay and Bakool provinces. The town and larger region gradually...

and Lower Shabelle. They are also believed to be the silent majority in Jubbaland specifically in regions such as Gedo, Middle Juba, and Lower Juba....

Gandarshe in the Lower Shebelle Region killed 13 al-Shabaab militants. February 6 Airstrike in the vicinity of Gandarshe in the Lower Shabelle Region killed...

September several U.S. Navy helicopters launched a a raid in Baraawe, Lower Shabelle, Operation Celestial Balance, against Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, killing...

in central Somalia, particularly the regions of Galgaduud, Lower Shabelle, Middle Shabelle, and the Banaadir. Traditionally, the Mursal have been nomadic...

The 2013 raid on Baraawe was a military operation by SEAL Team Six to capture or kill Abdikadar Mohamed Abdikadar "Ikrima", a senior member of the Al-Shabaab...

mayor (district commissioner) of the southern city of Merca in the Lower Shabelle region, a position he would hold until his assassination. On 27 July...

United States, in an American drone strike near Kunyo Barrow of the Lower Shabelle region in the South West State of Somalia. On 20 February 2025, al-Shabaab...

and Middle Shabelle as well as the capital Banadir city region, Mogadishu. They also are also present in Qoryooley district of Lower Shabelle, the Middle...

2014, AMISOM launched Operation Indian Ocean against al-Shabaab in Lower Shabelle and other coastal areas of southcentral Somalia. On 1 September 2014...

interview with Channel 4 News that there was no famine in the Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions. Soon after the start of the Kenya's 2011 Operation Linda Nchi...

Arabian Peninsula and cater to the local needs, Somali clans in the Lower Shabelle region and along the ancient Banaadir coast began the procurement of...

Galgaduud (Dhusamareb) Gedo (Garbahaarreey) Hiiraan (Beledweyn) Lower Juba (Kismayo) Lower Shabelle (Merca) Middle Juba (Bu'ale) Middle Shebelle (Jowhar) Mudug...

grenades were thrown at a khat market in the city center of Afgooye, Lower Shabelle. The attack happened as traders gathered on the busy streets. 21 August:...

The bicameral National Legislature consists of the House of the People (lower house) and the Senate (upper house), whose members are elected to serve...

simultaneously attacked Somali National Army bases in Awdheegle and Bariire, Lower Shabelle, killing forty-eight soldiers and dozens of al-Shabaab fighters. Somali...

The Port of Merca (Somali: Dekada Marka, Italian: Porto di Merca) also known as Merca Port, is the official seaport of Merca, situated in southeastern...

the Shabelle river. It was ruled by the Tunni people, who speak the Af-Tunni language. The historical Tunni area corresponds to the modern-day Lower Shabelle...

Nicknamed "white-eyed" (or Indhacadde), he was a former governor of Lower Shabelle in 2002. He later allied himself with the Islamic Courts. The Islamic...

Awdheegle (also Awdhegele) is a town in the Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia. Awdheegle is agricultural town located west of Mogadishu on the...

Arabian Peninsula and cater to the local needs, Somali clans in the Lower Shabelle region and along the ancient Banadir coast began the procurement of...

strike. Ahmed Abdi Godane Leader of Al-Shabaab. 2014-09-01 Hawaay, Lower Shabelle Somalia Somalia Drone strike. Sheikh Imran Ali Siddi Leader of Al-Qaeda...