Siege of Baidoa

Siege of Baidoa
Part of the War in Somalia
Date July 8, 2008–January 26, 2009 Location Bay region, Somalia 3°04′28″N 43°50′07″E / 3.074444°N 43.835278°E / 3.074444; 43.835278 Result Al-Shabaab victory; fall of Baidoa
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab	Somalia (Transitional Federal Government)  Ethiopia
Casualties and losses
13 killed	33 killed (TFG), 4 killed (Ethiopia)

The siege of Baidoa was a military confrontation lasting from July 2008 to January 2009, in which the al-Shabaab militia laid siege to the headquarters of the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG).