— Following weeks of tensions, the Somalian national army and its allied militias launched an offensive against the rebelling southwest state region led by the region's president, Abdiaziz Laftagareen.
Federal forces quickly won over the pro-Laftagareen militiamen and captured the region's capital, Baidoa. Unconfirmed reports claim Laftgareen was evacuated by Ethiopia out of the region following the collapse of his forces.
