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The Egyptian invasion of Harar, was part of a conflict in the Horn of Africa between the Emirate of Harar, Sultan of Aussa, and Oromo tribesmen, and the Khedivate of Egypt from 1874 to 1885. [3] In 1874, the Egyptians invaded Eastern Ethiopia , namely Hararghe and parts of the Somali coast, and ruled it for 11 years.
In August 2024, the Somali government announced that in January 2025, the Egyptian Armed Forces would replace the Ethiopian troops deployed under ATMIS. [34] Egyptian officials stated that they would send weapons including armored vehicles, artillery, radars, and drones to Somalia as part of the defense deal. [35]
Egypt's offer to contribute troops to a new peacekeeping mission to be launched next year in Somalia was announced in an African Union communique earlier this month. Cairo has not commented on the ...
Egyptian–Ethiopian War (1874–1876) Egyptian invasion of the Eastern Horn of Africa (1874–1885) Menelik's Invasions (1878–1904) Mahdist War (1881–1899) Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 between the Italy and the Ethiopia; Banadir resistance (1888–1924) between Italy and Somali rebels; First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895–1896) between ...
Ethiopia has at least 3,000 soldiers stationed in Somalia as part of an African Union peacekeeping mission (ATMIS) fighting Islamist insurgents, while an estimated 5,000-7,000 troops are deployed ...
Egypt, Eritrea and Somalia have formed a trilateral summit to boost cooperation and maintain territorial integrity, with the big elephant in the room being Ethiopia, as tensions over its ...
In August 2024, Egypt and Somalia signed a defense pact to bolster military cooperation between the two countries, the details of which are still unclear. Egypt also offered to support a new African peace keeping mission in Somalia to replace the current one, as Somalia has asked for the withdrawal of Ethiopian Forces. [12] [13]
Somalia's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Two Osa Missile Boats belonging to the Somali Navy, during the 1983 US-Somali Operation Bright Star.. The military history of Somalia encompasses the major conventional wars, conflicts and skirmishes involving the historic empires, kingdoms and sultanates in the territory of present-day Somalia, through to modern times.