The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed a suicide bombing on Ethiopian forces in Gedo region, and inflicting 25 casualties among Kenyan troops in two blasts in Lower Juba.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed killing 12 Ethiopian troops in Bakool region and five Somali explosives experts in Lower Shabelle. The group's Shahada News Agency reported on the two attacks and a third, in Mogadishu, on December 16-17, 2018.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed the bombing of an Ethiopian military convoy in the central part of the country.

The Islamic State (IS) claimed killing three Ethiopian Christians in a gun attack in the city of Bosaso in Somalia's Bari region.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, released an Oromic translation of its video focusing on the June 2015 attack on an Ethiopian military convoy in Bay.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed killing more than 20 in a suicide operation near Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, as well as four further attacks in the country’s Banaadir and Gedo regions on Somali, Kenyan, and Ethiopian forces.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, reported the surrender to its “administration” of a soldier who worked with Ethiopian forces since 2011, and claimed multiple attacks on Kenyan soldiers and troops within the AMISOM mission.

The group’s Shahada News Agency posted reports on the attacks and surrender on its social media accounts on September 12-15, 2017. It stated on September 14 that Abdullah Jarir, an officer in the Somali National Army (SNA), surrendered in the city of Galhareeri in Galduduud, and provided his photo. In other messages, it reported Shabaab fighters storming Djiboutian and Burundian bases in Hiran and Middle Shabelle respectively, and ambushing Ugandan forces in Lower Juba, and also bombing a Kenyan military vehicle near the Somalia-Kenya border.

After claiming to have killed nearly 30 Somali soldiers in Beled Hawa, a town on the border with Kenya, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement took credit for an attack on police officers on the Somalia-Ethiopia border, in addition to detonating a car bomb in the capital, Mogadishu.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed an attack on Ethiopian Liyuu (Special) Police near the town of Farlibah, in Hiran, in addition to attacks in Lamu County, Kenya and Somalia’s Lower Juba, Puntland, and Lower Shabelle regions.

The Somalia-based al-Qaeda branch, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, claimed an attack on a base of Ethiopian Liyuu (Special) Police in the town of Farlibah, located in Hiran on the border between Somalia and Ethiopia, and shelling a joint base in Lower Juba housing American, Ethiopian, and Kenyan forces.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed attacks on Somali, Kenyan, and Ethiopian forces, as well as government personnel, between September 5 and 9, 2016.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed five attacks in a four-day period, targeting African Union, Somali, Ethiopian, and Kenyan forces in multiple areas in Somalia.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia released the fourth episode of its “From the Frontiers of Glory” series, titled, “From Golis to Lamu.”

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed killing more than 60 Ethiopian soldiers in an attack on a military base, in Halgan town, Central Somalia.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed killing 10 police officers in a car bombing outside a police station in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in addition to killing and wounding a number of Ethiopian and Somali soldiers in Baidoa.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement reportedly killed 36 Ethiopian troops in an “intense attack” on their base in Somalia’s Bakool region, and also seized control over a base of Somali forces in the region.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed 55 attacks on Djiboutian, Ethiopian, Kenyan, Somali, and unidentified AMISOM forces between September 15 and October 12, 2015, and capturing a Somali soldier in what it called a “special operation”.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed 83 attacks on Djiboutian, Ethiopian, Kenyan, Somali, and Ugandan forces between August 14 and September 16, 2015, including a suicide bombing and raid at an AMISOM base in Janale, and a suicide bombing at a training center in Kismayo.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, released as a “gift” for Eid al-Fitr, a video on the deadly attack on June 11-12, 2015, on Ethiopian troops near the town of Jameeco in Bay region.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, claimed killing more than 60 Ethiopian troops near the town of Jameeco, and provided photos of burning vehicles and corpses.

A jihadist directed a message to the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement suggesting it launch attacks outside Somalia and strike American and Western interests in the region.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen reported on their activities from January 7- 17, 2013, claiming responsibility for eighteen attacks on Ethiopian, Kenyan, and Somali forces; marking the failed French raid to rescue the hostage Denis Allex; and announcing administrative activities.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement condemned the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) Joint Committee's Grand Stabilization Plan for South-Central Somalia from December 6, 2012, calling it the "coordinated implementation of the grand occupation".

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed 52 attacks against Burundian, Ethiopian, Kenyan and Somali forces in a two-week period, and pledged to retake Kismayo after losing control in September 2012.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement expressed its joy for the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, saying that it "brings to a conclusion a dark chapter in the history of the East African Horn."

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed that its fighters killed 60 Ethiopian soldiers in a clash in Hudur district of Bakool region in southern Somalia, and reported over 40 other attacks against Burundian, Ethiopian, Kenyan and Somali forces.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement claimed that its fighters recaptured two cities in Galguduud region of central Somalia, and that they attacked Ethiopian forces as they withdrew.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement announced the conversion to Islam of an Ethiopian soldier who surrendered to its fighters.