Back سقوط مقديشو Arabic Cayida de Mogadixu AST Caída de Mogadiscio Spanish Chute de Mogadiscio (2006) French Upadek Mogadiszu (2006) Polish Queda de Mogadíscio Portuguese Thất thủ Mogadishu Vietnamese
| Fall of Mogadishu | |||||||
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| Part of the War in Somalia (2006–2009) | |||||||
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 Transitional Federal Government Ethiopia[1][2] |
 Islamic Courts Union | ||||||
The fall of Mogadishu occurred on 28 December 2006, when the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) advanced into the capital to install the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which had controlled the capital since June 2006, withdrew from the city after a week of fighting ENDF/TFG forces in southern and central Somalia.[3][4]
The city's fall marked the beginning of the Ethiopian military occupation in Mogadishu and the start of a rising Islamist insurgency. The security situation in the capital began to rapidly deteriorate soon after and warlords who had been removed by the ICU began to reassert themselves.[5][6]
- ^ Ethiopia admits Somalia offensive, BBC News.
- ^ Ethiopian Jets Bomb Airports in Somalia Archived 2006-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, VoA News.
- ^ Ethiopian, Somali Troops Near Mogadishu, in The Guardian, by Associated Press.
- ^ "SOMALIAN TROOPS TAKE THEIR CAPITAL". Los Angeles Times. 2006-12-29.
- ^ "Fears stalk Somalia's capital once again". BBC News. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Rice, Xan (29 December 2006). "Return of warlords as Somali capital is captured". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-18.