In August 2014 , the Somali government-led Operation Indian Ocean was launched to clean up the remaining insurgent-held pockets in the countryside . On 1 September 2014 , a US drone strike carried out as part of the broader mission killed al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane , also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair . U.S. authorities hailed the raid as a major symbolic and operational loss for al-Shabaab , and the Somali government offered a 45-day amnesty to all moderate members of the militant group . The group remains nonetheless strong and active , and has been responsible for exceptionally deadly terrorist attacks such as the Westgate shopping mall attack and the 14 October Mogadishu bombings
14 October Mogadishu bombings
14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings
Al-Shabaab (militant group)