2010 February - Al-Shabab formally declares alliance with al-Qaeda.
2010 July - Al-Shabab claims responsibility for twin blasts in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, that killed 74 people watching the World Cup football final on TV.
2010 September - Prime Minister Sharmarke resigns and is replaced by Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.
2011 January - Pirate attacks on ships worldwide hit seven-year high in 2010, with Somali pirates accounting for 49 of 52 ships seized.
2011 February - Parliament votes to extend its mandate for another three years.
2011 July - UN formally declares famine in two regions of southern Somalia. Tens of thousands of refugees flee to refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia.
2011 August - Al-Shabab pulls out of all positions in the capital, Mogadishu.
2011 October - Kenyan troops enter Somalia in pursuit of rebels they accuse of being behind several kidnappings of foreigners on Kenyan soil. Suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu kills more than 100 people.
2011 October - The US military begins flying drone aircraft from a base in Ethiopia as part of its fight against Islamist militants in Somalia.
2011 December - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Mogadishu.
2012 January - Al-Shabab bans Red Cross from providing famine relief in areas under its control.
2012 February - Al-Shabab announces its merger with al-Qaeda.
2012 May - African Union and Somali government forces capture Afgoye town south of Mogadishu, thereby cutting Al-Shabab territory in half.
2012 June – Somaliland’s separatist leaders agree to talks with the Somali government to settle differences.
2012 August - Somalia's first formal Parliament in more than 20 years is sworn in at Mogadishu Airport. This marks the end of an eight-year transitional period.
2012 September - MPs in Mogadishu elect Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as President in the first such vote on Somali soil since 1967. He beat outgoing President, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, in an election that had 25 candidates.
