It really depends on how you define winning and which war you are referring to. [21], In February 2003, Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, admitted that Ethiopian troops were occasionally sent into Somalia to battle the militant Islamist group, Al-Ittihad and stated that the group was linked to Al-Qaeda. Among these are the Somali Reconstruction and Restoration Council (SRRC), Muse Sudi Yalahow, General Mohammed Said Hirsi Morgan (allied to the Somali Patriotic Movement or SPM), Hassan Mohamed Nur Shatigudud and his Rahanwein Resistance Army (RRA) and Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (former President of Puntland and current Somali TNG President). [1][2] With an army mainly composed of Somalis,[3] Al-Ghazi's forces and their Ottoman allies came close to extinguishing the ancient Ethiopian kingdom. The Ogaden War, or the Ethio-Somali war (Somali: Dagaalkii Xoraynta Soomaali Galbeed), was a Somali military offensive between July 1977 and March 1978 over the disputed Ethiopian region of Ogaden, which began with the Somali invasion of Ethiopia. After the formation of the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia in August 2000, Ethiopia at first did not recognize the interim government and reportedly continued its raids against Al-Ittihad and supporting various warlord factions, which led to strained relations between the Ethiopian government and the interim Somali government, characterized by accusations, denials and counter-accusations on both sides. On August 8th, Somalia invaded Ethiopia, the latest chapter in the ongoing dispute over the Ogaden. Ethiopian expansion into western parts of Somalia and the European scramble for Africa provided the background to the armed conflicts between Ethiopia and Somalia in modern times. google_ad_height = 90; However, the Ethiopians managed to secure the assistance of Cristóvão da Gama's Portuguese troops and maintain their domain's autonomy. Although an attempt was made to improve relations between Ethiopia and the TNG in June 2001,[24] relations only really improved in 2004 when Abdullahi Yusuf became the TNG President. FAQ: War between Somalia and Ethiopia. A Somali Islamist leader has ordered a "jihad" to drive out Ethiopian troops, after they entered the country to protect the weak interim government, however, Sharia courts in Ethiopia condemned the ICU's declaration of holy war. And the Ethiopian troops stationed in Somalia were withdrawn in November 2020 shortly after the war in Tigray began. Ethiopian troops first entered Somalia in small numbers in July, 2006, and by November, were engaged in minor clashes with Somali ICU forces. [26] The Ethiopians withdrew their last troops on 17 January.[when? 19 May 2009 Somali eye-witnesses report that Ethiopia troops are digging into positions near the border, following advances by Islamist fighters. Earlier in May, Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed had retaken control of Puntland by ousting his rival Jama Ali Jama with the aid of the Ethiopian army. The Ethiopian–Somali conflict is a territorial and political dispute between the territories of present-day Ethiopia and Somalia.Lasting from the late 1940s, when the Ogaden region was handed over to Ethiopia by the British, into the present day, the tensions culminated in three wars and numerous military clashes alongside the borders. In the 19th century, the Ethiopian King Menelik II invaded the Somali-inhabited Ogaden region. Some observers say the violence in Somalia may be a proxy war between Eritrea and Ethiopia. Eritrea won its independence from Ethiopia in 1991 but the two nations went back to war over a border dispute in 1998-2000, when the Tigrayan ethnic group dominated Ethiopian politics. //-->. The war ended when Somali forces retreated back across the border and a truce was declared. Three tank battalions partook in this battle which overwhelmed the Ethiopian garrison. In October, the Somalis attempted their most significant offensive to capture the Ethiopian city of Harar. Der Begriff Somali-Ethiopian War ist im englisch-sprachigen Wikipedia aufgeführt. Regrettably, it took a long and protracted civil war between the people of Somaliland and the troops of the former Dictator Siyad Barre, in order to finally restore Somaliland’s sovereignty on May 18, 1991. Historyguy.com Wars Between the East African Neighbors of Ethiopia and Somalia Somali "Mad Mullah" Jihad (1899-1905)--Somali tribesmen led by religious leader Muhammad ibn Abd Allah Hasan waged a desert guerrilla war against Britain, Italy and Ethiopia.Following repeated defeats by the Somalis, the colonial powers offered him territory in Italian Somaliland in exchange for peace. When it is a war anywhere then no one can win it any way .as in war even if one man is killed the it a loss of a world .just think of the family that lose the person form it.and the county loss it all no matter how more land it is flagging after that. With greater and more consistent Soviet aid, however, they drove back the Somali Army and its WSLF allies.