Chronology of Events

  • 28 January 2009
    14 Dec 2009 -
    Parliament votes in favour of extending its term until August 2011.
  • 31 January 2009
    14 Dec 2009 -
    Chairman of the ARS, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is elected as Somalia's new President by the new expanded Parliament.
  • 13 February 2009
    14 Dec 2009 -
    President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed formally announces Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmake, as the new Prime Minister in Djibouti. Days after he was sworn in, the Prime Minister appoints a cabinet consisting of 36 Ministers.
  • 22 February 2009
    14 Dec 2009 -
    Eleven Burundian peacekeepers are killed after suicide bombers drive a truckload of explosives through an AU camp of Burundi soldiers in Mogadishu.
  • 26 - 27 February 2009
    14 Dec 2009 -
    International Contact Group Meeting is held in Brussels to discuss the next steps in the Djibouti process. Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs, Muhammad Abdullahi Omar attends.
  • 28 February 2009
    14 Dec 2009 -
    Prime Minister holds his first cabinet meeting in Mogadishu.
  • 04 March 2009
    14 Dec 2009 -
    Parliament meets for the first time in Mogadishu.
  • 09 March 2009
    14 Dec 2009 -
    In his report (S/2009/132) on the situation in Somalia, the Secretary-General expresses uncertainty as to whether a peacekeeping...
  • 10 March 2009
    14 Dec 2009 -
    The new Somali Cabinet agrees to adopt Sharia Law.
  • 21 - 22 March 2009
    14 Dec 2009 -
    UNPOS organises a meeting in Djibouti with the Somali Business Community, with technical support provided by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). A Communiqué is issued noting the urgency of creating work for the people of Somalia. A follow-up...

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