<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Somali Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the War on Terror </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Map of the current phase of the Somali Civil War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 23 May 1986 ( or 26 January 1991 ) -- present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Somalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Ongoing conflict </P> <Ul> <Li> Fall of the Supreme Revolutionary Council </Li> <Li> Consolidation of states </Li> <Li> Conflict between radical Islamists and the government </Li> <Li> De facto independence of Somaliland </Li> <Li> New government </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 1986 -- 91 : Somali Democratic Republic ( until 1991 ) </P> <Ul> <Li> SNA </Li> </Ul> <P> Allied rebel groups : </P> <Ul> <Li> SNF ( after 1991 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 1986 -- 91 : Armed rebel groups : </P> <Ul> <Li> SSDF </Li> <Li> SNM </Li> <Li> SPM </Li> <Li> USC </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 1992 -- 95 : United Nations </P> <Ul> <Li> UNOSOM I </Li> <Li> Unified Task Force </Li> <Li> UNOSOM II </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 1992 -- 93 : </P> USC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 2006 -- 09 : Transitional Federal Government Ethiopia AMISOM Allied armed groups : </P> <Ul> <Li> ARPCT </Li> <Li> Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 2006 -- 09 : Islamic Courts Union Oromo Liberation Front Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia Al - Shabaab Ras Kamboni Brigades ( from 2007 ) Jabhatul Islamiya ( from 2007 ) </P> Muaskar Anole ( from 2007 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 2009 -- present : Federal Government of Somalia AMISOM </P> <P> Advisors / Operators United States </P> <Ul> <Li> JSOC </Li> <Li> SOCOM </Li> <Li> United States Navy </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 2009 -- present : Al - Qaeda </P> <Ul> <Li> Al - Shabaab </Li> </Ul> <P> Foreign Mujahideen Hizbul Islam </P> Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( after 2015 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Casualties : 300,000 ( SFG ) -- 500,000 + ( AFP ) Displaced : 1.1 million+ </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Somali Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the War on Terror </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Map of the current phase of the Somali Civil War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 23 May 1986 ( or 26 January 1991 ) -- present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Somalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Ongoing conflict </P> <Ul> <Li> Fall of the Supreme Revolutionary Council </Li> <Li> Consolidation of states </Li> <Li> Conflict between radical Islamists and the government </Li> <Li> De facto independence of Somaliland </Li> <Li> New government </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 1986 -- 91 : Somali Democratic Republic ( until 1991 ) </P> <Ul> <Li> SNA </Li> </Ul> <P> Allied rebel groups : </P> <Ul> <Li> SNF ( after 1991 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 1986 -- 91 : Armed rebel groups : </P> <Ul> <Li> SSDF </Li> <Li> SNM </Li> <Li> SPM </Li> <Li> USC </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 1992 -- 95 : United Nations </P> <Ul> <Li> UNOSOM I </Li> <Li> Unified Task Force </Li> <Li> UNOSOM II </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 1992 -- 93 : </P> USC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 2006 -- 09 : Transitional Federal Government Ethiopia AMISOM Allied armed groups : </P> <Ul> <Li> ARPCT </Li> <Li> Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 2006 -- 09 : Islamic Courts Union Oromo Liberation Front Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia Al - Shabaab Ras Kamboni Brigades ( from 2007 ) Jabhatul Islamiya ( from 2007 ) </P> Muaskar Anole ( from 2007 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 2009 -- present : Federal Government of Somalia AMISOM </P> <P> Advisors / Operators United States </P> <Ul> <Li> JSOC </Li> <Li> SOCOM </Li> <Li> United States Navy </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 2009 -- present : Al - Qaeda </P> <Ul> <Li> Al - Shabaab </Li> </Ul> <P> Foreign Mujahideen Hizbul Islam </P> Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( after 2015 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Casualties : 300,000 ( SFG ) -- 500,000 + ( AFP ) Displaced : 1.1 million+ </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did civil war break out in somalia
when did civil war break out in somalia
23 May 1986 ( or 26 January 1991 )
23 May 1986 ( or 26 January 1991 )