[1][2][3][4] UN security advisories warned staff about potential terrorist attacks, advising them to avoid public events and government offices.

Al-Shabaab, although pushed out of Mogadishu, still controls some regions in South Somalia and continues to attack government buildings and places associated with Western culture, such as hotels and restaurants.

[5] On Saturday 17 August 2024, 2:15pm (East Africa Time), an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Al-Shabaab killed more than Twenty people and 10 others injured.

[2][1] A police officer named Mohamud Ahmed talked to Anadolu Agency and said the IEDs happened at a tea shop in the Daynile district.

[7] Egypt expressed its full support for Somalia in fighting terrorism and working towards security and stability for the Somali people.