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Somali forces launch the Ogaden War
📅 13 July 1977Somalia invaded Ethiopia’s Ogaden region, whose Somali communities had long faced competing claims and state borders. Moscow shifted support from Somalia to Ethiopia; the conflict’s regional actors...
Somalia expels Soviet advisers and ends its treaty relationship
đź“… 13 November 1977Somalia expelled Soviet military advisers and abrogated its friendship treaty after Moscow backed Ethiopia in the Ogaden War. The turn exposed the strategic and contingent nature of Soviet...
Somali army withdrawal marks Ethiopia’s recovery of the Ogaden
đź“… 15 March 1978After a Soviet- and Cuban-supported Ethiopian counteroffensive, Somali forces withdrew from the Ogaden. The conventional war ended, but insurgency, militarization, and displacement continued for local...
Wang Yi begins annual New Year visit to Africa
📅 7 January 2026Wang Yi announced a visit to Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania and Lesotho, continuing the foreign minister’s practice of making Africa his first overseas destination each year. The itinerary reflected...