It was reported Reporting that the boat had sailed Self_motion from Misrata , Libya , but that many of the migrants were originally from Eritrea , Somalia and Ghana .

Djibouti , Eritrea , and Somalia made their airspace , territorial waters , and military bases available to the coalition .

The `` Maersk Alabama '' hijacking Kidnapping was a series of maritime events that began Process_start on 8 April 2009 with four pirates in the Indian Ocean seizing the cargo ship southeast of Eyl , Somalia .

On 18 October the aircraft was stormed Attack by the West German counter-terrorism group GSG 9 in Mogadishu , Somalia , and all 90 passengers rescued Rescuing .

It was fought Hostile_encounter on 3–4 October 1993 , in Mogadishu , Somalia , between forces of the United States—supported by UNOSOM II—and Somali militiamen loyal to the self-proclaimed president-to-be Mohamed Farrah Aidid .

Three other Islamist attacks Attack took place Process_start on the same day in France , Tunisia , and Somalia .

The Somali Civil War ( , ) is an ongoing civil war Hostile_encounter taking place Process_start in Somalia .

In the absence of a central government , Somalia became Becoming a `` failed Earnings_and_losses state '' .

This led to Causation a relative decrease Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in the intensity of the fighting Hostile_encounter , with SIPRI removing Removing Somalia from its list of major armed conflicts Hostile_encounter for the years 1997 and 1998 .

Somalia topped Placing the annual Fragile States Index for six years between 2008 and 2013 .

In October 2011 , following Self_motion preparatory meetings Social_event , Kenyan troops entered Arriving southern Somalia ( `` Operation Linda Nchi '' ) to fight Hostile_encounter Al-Shabaab , and to establish Creating a buffer zone inside Somalia .

In October 2011 , following Self_motion preparatory meetings Social_event , Kenyan troops entered Arriving southern Somalia ( `` Operation Linda Nchi '' ) to fight Hostile_encounter Al-Shabaab , and to establish Creating a buffer zone inside Somalia .

The Federal Government of Somalia was later established Creating in August 2012 , constituting the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war .

International stakeholders and analysts have subsequently begun Process_start to describe Statement Somalia as a `` fragile state '' , which is making some progress Achieve towards stability .

The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Mogadishu was a battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter for control Control of Somalia 's capital city , Mogadishu .

The Somali Rebellion was the beginning Process_start of the civil war in Somalia that occurred Coming_to_be in the late 1970s and early 1990s .

From that date until April 1992 , fighting continued up until the arrival Arriving of the UN missions to Somalia ( UNOSOM I and UNOSOM II ) .

Siad Barre 's `` collective punishment '' refers to clan-based violent actions by former Somalia president Siad Barre against what he viewed as rival clan members during the anti-Barre Somali Rebellion .

The official area of responsibility comprises Cause_to_be_included Sudan , Somalia , Djibouti , Ethiopia , Eritrea , Seychelles and Kenya .

The extremist Islamic group al-Shabaab claimed Statement responsibility for the incident , which it characterised as retribution for the Kenyan military 's deployment Arranging in the group 's home country of Somalia .

The Shifta War ( 1963–1967 ) was a secessionist conflict Hostile_encounter in which ethnic Somalis in the Northern Frontier District ( NFD ) of Kenya ( a region that is and has historically been almost exclusively inhabited by ethnic Somalis ) attempted to secede from Kenya join with their fellow Somalis in a Greater Somalia .