2023 timeline of the Somali Civil War

This is a 2023 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).

January

 * 4 January: Mahas bombings.

April

 * 11 April - Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres arrives in Mogadishu for talks on war aid.
 * 22 April - 21 are killed in Masagaway District.

May

 * 4 May - Somali government reports a 70% decrease in al-Shabab attacks.
 * 26 May - Battle of Buulo Mareer, al-Shabaab attack on Ugandan forces.

June

 * 10 June - 2023 Mogadishu hotel attack.

July

 * 24 July - at least 30 Somali Army soldiers were killed and many others were wounded after an al-Shabaab militant suicide bombed an army training camp in Mogadishu.

August

 * 26 August - at least 13 al-Shabaab militants were killed in an American airstrike in the vicinity of Seiera, approximately 45 kilometers northwest of Kismayo.

September

 * 29 September - an al-Shabaab suicide bomber blew himself up in a tea shop in Mogadishu; at least seven people died.

October

 * 4 October - at least 20 Somali Army soldiers were killed in fighting with al-Shabaab militants in an area of Galmudug state known as Shabelow forest.