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According to Necrometrics, around 500,000 people are estimated to have been killed in Somalia since the start of the civil war in 1991. [56] The Armed Conflict Location & Event Dataset estimates that 3,300 people were killed during the conflict in 2012, [208] with the number of fatalities dropping slightly in 2013 to 3,150. [208]
US forces conducted 35 airstrikes in Somalia during 2017. January 7; Self defense strikes were conducted against al-Shabaab militants in Gaduud, but there were no fatalities. May 5; A US Navy Seal was killed and three others wounded including a Somali-American interpreter during a raid in Barii. Four to eight al-Shabaab militants were killed in ...
Somali Civil War (2009–present) Part of the Somali Civil War, conflicts in the Horn of Africa, the Ethiopian–Somali conflict, war against the Islamic State, Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa, and Global War on Terrorism: Approximate [a] map of the current phase of the Somali Civil War (updated December 2024) [dubious – discuss]
Ethiopia and Somalia fought the Ogaden War during 1977–78 over the region and its peoples. After the war, an estimated 800,000 people crossed the border into Somalia where they would be displaced as refugees for the next 15 years. The defeat of the WSLF and Somali National Army in early 1978 did not result in the pacification of the Ogaden. [36]
The Somaliland campaign, also called the Anglo-Somali War or the Dervish rebellion, was a series of military expeditions that took place between 1900 and 1920 in modern-day Somaliland. The British were assisted in their offensives by the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy .
The US, UN and Somalia experts say a key part of IS's financial infrastructure - the al-Karrar office - is based in Puntland, disbursing funds and expertise to other branches of the group in ...
5 January – Atleast 10 Al-Shabaab militants were killed in an airstrike in Beerxaani area northwest of Kismayo. [1] 11 January – Somaliland forces with the help of local militia captured the Jiidali town west of Erigaabo. [2]
For Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro, starring in the historical thriller September 5 was a bit of a full-circle moment.. Set amid the Israeli hostage situation at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the ...