Fall of Mogadishu
2006 takeover of Mogadishu by TFG and Ethiopian troops during the War in Somalia (2006–09) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Battle of Mogadishu (disambiguation).
The fall of Mogadishu occurred on December 28, 2006, when the militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian troops entered the Somali capital unopposed. It came after a swift string of TFG and Ethiopian military victories against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which had its headquarters in Mogadishu before it fled south.[3][4]
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Transitional Federal Government Ethiopia[1][2] |
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