War in Somalia (2006–2009)

Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) political victory

• Overthrow of ICU government in Mogadishu
• TFG and Ethiopian IRB soldiers temporarily establish control over Mogadishu and southern Somalia (2006–2008)
• Re-emergence of Islamist insurgency
• Islamists re-take Mogadishu & much of southern and central Somalia, including the TFG headquarters at Baidoa, which was seized by Al-Shabaab (2008–2009)
• Ethiopian troops withdraw from the country
• Power sharing deal signed between TFG and ARS Islamists, ARS gains political control of TFG and the ARS splinters
• Moderate Islamist leader and ARS-chairman Sharif Ahmed becomes new Somali president
• Civil war continues with the conflict between radical and moderate Islamists
• Enforcement of Sharia Law by Sharif Ahmed administration