This is a 2018 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
January
January 5 - An African Union peacekeeper was killed, and two others were wounded in a landmine explosion in Buloburde District. Two men, including a prominent local traditional elder have been assassinated by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Afgoye district in Lower Shabelle. Assailants shot and killed two civilians at Koodka neighbourhood in Mogadishu. January 8 - At least two Somali soldiers were injured in a grenade attack on an army checkpoint outside Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiran. January 9 - A bomb explosion in the heart of Mogadishu, the Somali capital has wounded at least three government soldiers aboard a military vehicle. January 11 - One civilian was killed and several were wounded after mortar rounds landed near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu. January 14 - Five Somali soldiers were wounded when their military vehicle hit a landmine in Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base north of the capital Mogadishu, killing at least two Somali government soldiers. January 23 - Four people have been killed and six others wounded in a remote-controlled improvised explosive device explosion near Mogadishu. January 27 - Al-Shabaab militants have shot and killed an assistant judge in Wanlaweyn district in Somalia's Southern Lower Shabelle region. January 29 - A Somali army colonel and three soldiers were killed following an attack on a convoy by Al-Shabaab militants in Bay region in Southern Somalia. January 30 - A roadside bomb hit a military vehicle carrying Puntland soldiers in the vicinity of Galgala hills of Bari region, killing at least one soldier, wounding 3 others.
February
February 1 - A roadside bomb explosion killed at least three people and wounded two others in an area outside Mogadishu, the Somali capital. February 4 - Four people have been killed and five others injured in a bomb explosion inside a house in the Somali capital Mogadishu. February 5 - Assailants have shot and killed a former district commissioner in Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiran province in central Somalia. February 6 - Five soldiers were wounded in an overnight attack on a police station in Bosaso, the main commercial city of the northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland. Two people were killed in an attack on a police station by Al-Shabaab militants in Jalalaqsi town in Hiran region of central Somalia. Three people were killed in separate shootings in Mogadishu by Al-Shabaab assassins. February 7 - A senior Somali military officer was assassinated in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. Five Somali soldiers were killed and four others wounded in a roadside explosion in Afgooye district in Lower Shabelle region. February 10 - Al-Shabaab militants attacked Afgooye town, about 30 km southwest of Mogadishu. Three civilians were injured in the attack. February 12 - Two Kenyans have been stabbed to death by Al-Shabaab fighters for allegedly spying for Somalia and Kenyan intelligence services in Qunyo Barrow town, Lower Shabelle region. February 15 - One person has been injured after an explosive device attached to his vehicle went off in Waberi district. February 16 - At least two Puntland soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Galgala Mountains of Bari region. Another was injured in the attack. February 23 - At least 45 people were killed and 36 others injured in two car bombings and subsequent gunfire in Mogadishu. Five attackers were also killed in the attack.