Siege of Baidoa | |||||||
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Part of the War in Somalia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Al-Shabaab |
Somalia (Transitional Federal Government) Ethiopia | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
13 killed |
33 killed (TFG), 4 killed (Ethiopia) |
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).