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War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
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War in Somalia (2006–2009)
Ethiopian military invasion and occupation in Somalia
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Government of Somalia from 2004 to 2012
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Country in the Horn of Africa
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Fall of Mogadishu
2006 takeover of Mogadishu by TFG and Ethiopian troops during the War in Somalia (2006–09)
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