Fall of Mogadishu

Fall of Mogadishu
Part of the War in Somalia (2006–2009)
Date 28 December 2006 Location Mogadishu, Somalia Result Ethiopian/TFG Victory ICU withdraws from capital ENDF/TFG forces take control of Mogadishu Emergence of Islamist insurgency
Belligerents
Transitional Federal Government  Ethiopia[1][2]	Islamic Courts Union

The fall of Mogadishu occurred on 28 December 2006, when the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) advanced into the capital to install the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which had controlled the capital since June 2006, withdrew from the city after a week of fighting ENDF/TFG forces in southern and central Somalia.^[3][4]

The city's fall marked the beginning of the Ethiopian military occupation in Mogadishu and the start of a rising Islamist insurgency. The security situation in the capital began to rapidly deteriorate soon after and warlords who had been removed by the ICU began to reassert themselves.^[5][6]