Chronology of Events

  • 14 Dec 2009 -
    After the US-operated container vessel, Maersk Alabama, is seized off the coast of Somalia--about 400 miles (645km) east of Mogadishu--by Somali pirates, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announces a four-point plan to combat piracy which includes...
  • 14 Dec 2009 -
    The Somali parliament unanimously votes to institute Sharia law, ratifying the 10 March Cabinet decision.
  • 14 Dec 2009 -
    International donors' conference on support to Somali security institutions convenes in Brussels under the joint auspices of the UN, the EU, AU and the League of Arab States. The Conference raises $213 million to strengthen AMISOM and help rebuild Somali...
  • 14 Dec 2009 -
    Attacks on the TFG by insurgent fighters including Al-Shabab and other groups erupt, sparking a new wave of displacement.
  • 14 Dec 2009 -
    The SRSG accuses insurgent groups of carrying out an attempted coup d'état to topple a legitimate government using force in Mogadishu.
  • 14 Dec 2009 -
    The Security Council, in a presidential statement, condemns the violence in Mogadishu and calls on...
  • 14 Dec 2009 -
    IGAD convenes an Extra-ordinary meeting with the Council of Ministers in Addis Ababa to discuss the situation in Somalia and what measures to take. A communiqué is issued condemning aggression against the TFG and of Eritrea's support for...
  • 14 Dec 2009 -
    SRSG visits Mogadishu to meet with the Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and attends the Council of Ministers meeting where a decision is taken to forbid planes from landing at airports not under the control of the Government.
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  • 14 Dec 2009 -
    Hassan Dahir Aweys, who is on the U.S. and U.N. terror lists, is named the new leader of Hizbul Islam rebel faction in a transfer of authority from former head Dr. Omar Imam.
  • 14 Dec 2009 -
    President Ahmed tells international media that he has proof that the Eritrean Government is providing the opposition groups in Somalia support in the form of cash and weapons, which corroborates previous reports from the US and the AU.

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