2009 African Union base bombings in Mogadishu

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|location=Mogadishu, Somalia

|target=AMISOM soldiers

|date=22 February 2009
17 September 2009

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|type=Suicide bombings

|fatalities=32

|injuries=55

|perps=al-Shabaab

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Two large-scale attacks against AMISOM soldiers carried out by al-Shabaab suicide bombers in Mogadishu, Somalia occurred in 2009. In total 32 people, including 28 AMISOM soldiers, were killed and 55 people were injured.

22 February attack

On 22 February 2009, was carried out by Al-Shabaab.{{Cite web|title=AL-SHABAAB {{!}} United Nations Security Council|url=https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/751/materials/summaries/entity/al-shabaab|publisher=United Nations|access-date=2020-05-25}} against the base of the African Union Mission to Somalia in Mogadishu. The attack, carried out by one suicide bomber in a car and one on foot, left 11 Burundian soldiers dead and 15 others seriously hurt.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7904613.stm | work=BBC News | title=Bombs kill Somalia peacekeepers | date=22 February 2009 | accessdate=2010-04-23}} The car bomber was a Somali contractor who had easy access to the base.{{cite web |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/News/InternationalNews/African-Union-to-increase-troops-in-Somalia-despite-deadly-suicide-attack/tabid/417/articleID/92516/cat/61/Default.aspx |title=African Union to increase troops in Somalia despite deadly suicide attack |date=24 February 2009 |work=3 News |accessdate=14 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004142455/http://www.3news.co.nz/News/InternationalNews/African-Union-to-increase-troops-in-Somalia-despite-deadly-suicide-attack/tabid/417/articleID/92516/cat/61/Default.aspx |archive-date=4 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

17 September attack

On 17 September 2009, twin suicide bombings occurred at Aden Adde International Airport, the headquarters of AMISOM, in Mogadishu, killing 17 soldiers. The bombers were able to enter the base using two stolen white UN cars and struck a meeting between the AMISOM troops and the Transitional Federal Government.{{cite web|title=Somali gov't condemns twin suicide attacks in Mogadishu |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/18/content_12075998.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924025723/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/18/content_12075998.htm |archivedate=24 September 2009 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2009-09-18}} Brigadier General Juvenal Niyoyunguruza of Burundi, the deputy head of AMISOM, was killed in the blast, while the mission's Ugandan commander, General Nathan Mugisha, was wounded.{{cite web |title=21 Killed in Suicide Bomb Attacks on AU Forces in Mogadishu |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-18-voa26.cfm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923124639/http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-18-voa26.cfm |archivedate=23 September 2009 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2009-09-18}} Of the dead peacekeepers, 12 were Burundian and five were Ugandan. Four Somali civilians also died in the attacks, which wounded another 40 people.[http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/18/somalia.suicide.attack/index.html 21 killed in suicide attack on African Union base in Somalia]