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[edit] Origins
- 15 March 1978 - The Ogaden War ends in an Ethiopian victory.
- April 1978 - A coup d'état agains Siad Barre led by Colonel Mahammad Shaykh Usmaan of the Majeerteen clan fails. Usmaan is executed and heavy repression of the Majeeteen follows.
- May and June 1979 - More than 2,000 of the Majeerteen sub-clan the Umar Mahamuud die of thirst after the destruction of their water reservoirs.
- 6 April 1981 - In London 400 to 500 emigrés of the Isaaq clan found the Somali National Movement (SNM) with the goals of toppling Barre.
[edit] 1986
[edit] 1987
[edit] 1988
The SNM launches a military campaign
[edit] May
[edit] June
Government forces bombards the towns controlled by the SNM, forcing the SNM to withdraw and causing more than 300,000 Isaaq to flee to Ethiopia.
[edit] 1989
[edit] July
- 9 July - The Roman Catholic bishop Salvatore Colombo is gunned down in Mogadishu by an unkown assassin.
- 14 July - Barre's Red Berets kills 450 Muslims demonstrating against the arrest of their spiritual leaders.
- 15 July - 47 people are summarily executed on Jasiira Beach.
[edit] 1990
[edit] July
- 6 July - The Stadia Corna Affair. An anti-Barre demonstration at a football match in the main stadium deteriorates into a riot, causing Barre's bodyguard to panic and open fire on the demonstrators. At least 65 people are killed.
- 13 July - Siad Barre is forced to drop charges against the Manifesto Group, a body of 114 notables who had signed a petition in May calling for remforms.
[edit] 1991
[edit] January
- 26 January - Siad Barre is unseated. He is succeeded by Ali Mahdi Muhammad.
[edit] May
- 18 May - The Republic of Somaliland, comprising the north eastern section of the country, declares itself independent.
[edit] 1992
[edit] May
Failure of Siad Barre's last attempt to retake Mogadishu after he is overwhelmed by the army of General Muhammed Farrah Aidid.
[edit] December
- 2 December - UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed. It approves a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, tasked with ensuring humanitarian aid being distributed and peace being established in Somalia.
[edit] 1993
- UN humanitarian troops land
[edit] October
Several gun battles in Mogadishu between local gunmen and peacekeepers resulted in the death of 24 Pakistanis and 19 US soldiers. Most of the Americans are killed in the Battle of Mogadishu.
[edit] 1994
[edit] 1995
[edit] January
- 2 January - Siad Barre dies from a heart attack in exile in Lagos, Nigeria
[edit] March
- 3 March - The UN withdraws after suffering more significant casualties.
[edit] 1996
[edit] 1997
[edit] 1998
In the northeastern region Puntland declares "temporary" independence in 1998, with the intentions of participation in any Somali reconciliation to form a new central government.
Jubaland also declares independence.
[edit] 1999
The Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA) sets up a sate along the the lines of Puntland.
[edit] 2000
[edit] 2001
[edit] 2002
The RRA reasserts its temporary secession with the name Southwestern Somalia
[edit] 2003
[edit] 2004
The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is founded in Nairobi, Kenya.
[edit] 2005
[edit] 2006
The Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT) is formed as an alliance of mostly-secular Mogadishu-based warlords. They are opposed by the rising Sharia-law oriented Islamic Courts Union (ICU)
[edit] June
The ICU drives the ARPCT out of Mogadishu in the Second Battle of Mogadishu
[edit] December
The ICU and TFG begins the Battle of Baidoa. Fighting also breks out around the Somali town of Bandiradley in Mudug and Beledweyn in Hiran region. The ICU aims to force the Ethiopians off Somali soil. However, they are defeated in all major battles and forced to withdraw to Mogadishu.
- 27 December - Defeat in the Battle of Jowhar causes the leaders of the ICU to resign.
- 31 December - Battle of Jilib
[edit] 2007
[edit] January
- 1 January - Kismayo falls to the TFG and Ethiopian forces.
