Fall of Kismayo

When

1 Jan 2007

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

0.36° S, 42.55° E

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

The fall of Kismayo occurred on January 1, 2007, Ethiopian military forces backing the Transitional Federal Government entered the Somali city of Kismayo unopposed. It came after the Islamic Courts Union's forces faltered and fled in the Battle of Jilib.

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