Somalia

Twenty-two people were killed during gunbattles and mortar attacks after Islamist forces attacked an African Union base in Mogadishu. Ethiopian troops entered Somalia to battle forces from the Ogaden National Liberation Front. The Somali parliament passed a law that calls for a state of emergency.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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