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The following lists events that happened during 2012 in Somalia. Incumbents. President: until 20 August: Sharif Sheikh Ahmed;
Somali government forces and African Union troops from Kenya capture Afmadow from Al-Shabaab, a southern town considered important in the military campaign owing to its network of roads that grant access to many different parts of the country. Prime Minister of Somalia Ali also announces that Kismayo, situated 115 km (71 miles) to the south and ...
The transitional federal government (TFG) was the government of Somalia between 2004 and 2012. Established 2004 in Djibouti through various international conferences, it was an attempt to restore national institutions to the country after the 1991 collapse of the Siad Barre government and the ensuing Somali Civil War.
2012-01-25: unknown: 2012-02-07: none: FV Al-Khaliil, an Iranian fishing dhow was captured on 25 January 2012 while a security team on board was asleep. Although Somali sources reported that international maritime forces had eventually freed the dhow and seized the kidnappers, [4] the Operation Atalanta website did not confirm such an action. [5]
In March 2012, Colonel Cyrus Oguna [Kenya] said that Operation Linda Nchi was about to end, as Kenyan troops were set to re-hat under the African Union Mission in Somalia. [72] On 31 May 2012, the BBC reported that Kenyan soldiers, acting as AMISOM's southern contingent, assisted Somali government forces in capturing Afmadow from Al-Shabaab, a ...
Indirect presidential elections were held in Somalia on 10 September 2012. The newly appointed Federal Parliament elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the first president of Somalia since the dissolution of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The election had previously been scheduled for 20 August, the same day that the mandate of the TFG ...
The Federal Government of Somalia was established in August 2012, constituting the country's first permanent central government since the start of the civil war. [94] In 2023, the Las Anod conflict broke out in the northern part of Somalia between SSC-Khatumo and the Somaliland Army. [95]
The Somali Civil War (2009–present) (Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya ilaa 2009kii; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية منذ عام ٢٠٠٩, romanized: al-ḥarb al-'ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya mundh 'eam 2009) is the ongoing phase of the Somali Civil War which is concentrated in southern and central Somalia. [1]