On 23 March 2022 in Somalia, a series of coordinated attacks by al-Shabaab jihadists in the two cities of Mogadishu and Beledweyne killed over 60 people.

[2] On 23 March, gunmen attacked the eastern area of the Aden Adde International Airport, killing five people, including an AMISOM soldier.

[5] The next attack occurred a few hours later,[6] as Somali female Member of Parliament Amina Mohamed Abdi left a polling place in Beledweyne.

[7][12] The injured were rushed to the Beledweyne Hospital, where terrorists set off a car bomb, killing at least 30 people.

[17] The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the airport attack on 24 March, expressing condolences to the families of the victims.