Siege of Baidoa

The siege of Baidoa was a military confrontation lasting from July 2008 to January 2009, in which the al-Shabaab militia laid siege to the headquarters of the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG).

Siege of Baidoa
Part of the War in Somalia
DateJuly 8, 2008January 26, 2009
Location
Result Al-Shabaab victory; fall of Baidoa
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab  Somalia (Transitional Federal Government)
 Ethiopia
Casualties and losses
13 killed 33 killed (TFG),
4 killed (Ethiopia)
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