The battle began with most reports hourly depicting the government forces defecting and its position on the verge of collapse. The TFG, along with its allies in the Juba Valley Alliance (JVA), had certainly been on the retreat since the June offensives of the ICU. By the opening of the battle in December, Baidoa was invested with attacks coming in at least three directions.
Strong Ethiopian reinforcements rapidly changed the battle from one in which the TFG was on the defensive, through a strong series of counterattacks, to an Ethiopian/TFG decisive victory. Ethiopian armor, artillery, and air forces proved instrumental against the ICU's militia-based army.
Timeline
December 20, 2006
On December 20, heavy shooting broke out between Somali government troops and Islamists 25Â km (16Â mi) southeast of Baidoa where the Islamists claimed to have taken the government's military base in Daynuunay. The conflict thereafter moved north to the Islamist stronghold in Moode Moode Heavy weapons, including artillery, rockets and mortars were involved. Initial claims of casualties in this area were at least ten dead ICU militiamen and forty TFG soldiers wounded. Later claims of ICU casualties by the TFG were 71 Islamic soldiers dead and 221 injured, including two dead foreign fighters. The TFG claimed its own casualties were 3 dead and 7 wounded while the ICU claimed to have killed 7 government soldiers.
Baidoa (Somali:Baydhabo, Arabic:بيدوا‎), also known as Iscia Baidoa (Somali:Isha Baydhabo), is a city in the south-central Bay region of Somalia. It is situated 256 kilometers (159 mi) by road northwest of the national capital Mogadishu. For a brief period during the mid-2000s, Baidoa served as the temporary seat of the Transitional Federal Government. In 2014, it was made the capital of the Southwestern State of Somalia, a prospective Federal Member State.
History
Early history
Baidoa and the broader Bay region is home to a number of important ancient sites. Archaeologists have found pre-historic rock art on the city's outskirts, in Buur Heybe.
During the Middle Ages, Baidoa and its surrounding area was part of the Ajuran Sultanate. The influential polity covered much of southern Somalia and eastern Ethiopia, with its domain extending from Mareeg in the north, to Qelafo in the west, to Kismayo in the south.
In the early modern period, the Baidoa area was ruled by the Geledi Sultanate. The kingdom was eventually incorporated into Italian Somaliland in 1908, and ended in 1910 with the death of its last Sultan Osman Ahmed. After independence in 1960, the city was made the center of the official Baidoa District.
Safarkaygii Baydhabo Janaay | My journey to Baidoa Somalia 🇸🇴
Waxaan booqday magaalada Baydhabo oo ah xarunta gobolka Baay, waxayna ku hadlaan afka Maay-ga, waxay Muqdisho u jirtaa 243 km.
waxaan ahay Dalmar oo aduunka ayaan soo kala bartaa. Waxa aan booqday ilaa iyo hadda 45 waddan. Waxa aan leeyahay hadaf ah: inaan cagaha dhigo 197 wadan (dunida oo dhan) in shaa Allah.
"Socdaalku ma aha oo kali ah hiwaayad, laakiin waa hab nololeed.
I discover the world on my way, and I have visited so far, 45 countries and i am in mission to reach 197 countries.
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Somalia that you have never seen! - Welcome to Baidoa City Park
Baidoa City Park - one of its kind in Somalia, is located in Baidoa City.
How to get to Baidoa from Nairobi.
Baidoa is the largest city of the South West State of Somalia. You take a flight from Nairobi to Mogadishu which is 2 hrs flight then from Mogadishu to Baidoa 40 minutes flight.
I was honored to have been taken for a tour of the property by the founder Mustafa Hajij. Accompany us by watching the video as we take you for your in this amazing hidden gem.
Additional footage by: Durdur Media Group
Venue : Baidoa City Park, Baidoa City - Somalia
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Somalia's Shebab militants attack central town of Baidoa
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants on Thursday attacked a fortified area in the central town of Baidoa, home to a key regional government headquarters, United Nations compound and airport, security officials said. Duration: 00:35
published: 12 Mar 2015
Somalia drought displaces thousands of people to the city of Baidoa | AFP
Over the past decade, Baidoa has grown accustomed to large population influxes. The majority of its population are displaced. Desperate, hungry and thirsty, more and more people are flocking to the city from the countryside of southern Somalia, one of the regions hardest hit by the drought that is engulfing the Horn of Africa.
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published: 23 Feb 2022
Somalia Baidoa
The Islamic militant group al-Shabaab fled the Somali city of Baidoa in late February without a fight, giving up a strategic center they captured from government forces three years ago. VOA's Peter Heinlein was among the first western journalists to visit Baidoa in years, where some residents describe it as a disaster.
published: 06 Mar 2012
Save the Children CEO Visits Baidoa, Somalia
After six failed rainy seasons and conflict, the hunger crisis is severely affecting children and families in Somalia. Our President and CEO, Danny Glenwright, recently visited displaced camps and child-friendly spaces run by our organization. In the video, he shares a regional update and does a brief interview with Mustafa, a dedicated doctor in the camp.
published: 20 Apr 2023
With Shebab rebels forced out, rebuilding begins in Baidoa
Ethiopian troops took over Baido, Somalia, from Shebab rebels on February 22, 2012. The fall of Baidoa dealt a major blow to the al-Qaeda-backed Islamists took who have occupied the city since 2009. Duration:Â 00:27.
published: 04 Mar 2012
UN launches drought operation coordination centre in Baidoa
The United Nations has launched a drought operations coordination centre in the Somali city of Baidoa. This, in a bid to promote the effective and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance to the south western region of the country. According to the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Vincent Lelei the humanitarian crisis in South West state had become the worst in the whole country. Lelei says some 2,000 people in the region were suffering from cholera and many children are malnourished. Latest statistics indicate that about 6.2 million people - half the total population in Somalia - are in need of humanitarian aid. Among them are three million people facing crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity.
published: 21 Mar 2017
UN trains Somali mental health professionals in Baidoa
The UN held a capacity-building workshop for thirty mental health professionals from institutions in Baidoa, the capital of Somalia's South West state. The training was held between 24 and 26 July 2017 and provided basic preparation for handling psychiatric disorders. Participants included staff from Baidoa central prison, the city's psychiatric hospital, and the Baidoa Disarmament, Demobilisation and Rehabilitation centre.
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At least 11 dead in suicide bombing in Somalia's Baidoa
(13 Oct 2018) A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the middle of a restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa and a grenade struck a hotel nearby, leaving at least 11 people dead and more than 10 wounded, authorities said on Saturday.
The death toll may rise, Colonel Ahmed Muse told The Associated Press.
Most of the casualties were caused by the bomber who walked into the restaurant with explosives strapped around his waist, officials said.
At least 10 of the wounded were being treated at Baidoa's main hospital.
Most had horrific injuries, nurse Mohamed Isaq told the AP.
Baidoa is a key economic center about 250 kilometers (155 miles) west of the capital, Mogadishu, and about the same distance east of the Ethiopian border.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed ...
Waxaan booqday magaalada Baydhabo oo ah xarunta gobolka Baay, waxayna ku hadlaan afka Maay-ga, waxay Muqdisho u jirtaa 243 km.
waxaan ahay Dalmar oo aduunka aya...
Waxaan booqday magaalada Baydhabo oo ah xarunta gobolka Baay, waxayna ku hadlaan afka Maay-ga, waxay Muqdisho u jirtaa 243 km.
waxaan ahay Dalmar oo aduunka ayaan soo kala bartaa. Waxa aan booqday ilaa iyo hadda 45 waddan. Waxa aan leeyahay hadaf ah: inaan cagaha dhigo 197 wadan (dunida oo dhan) in shaa Allah.
"Socdaalku ma aha oo kali ah hiwaayad, laakiin waa hab nololeed.
I discover the world on my way, and I have visited so far, 45 countries and i am in mission to reach 197 countries.
socdaalku ma aha oo kaliya hiwaayad, ee waa hab nololeed .
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Waxaan booqday magaalada Baydhabo oo ah xarunta gobolka Baay, waxayna ku hadlaan afka Maay-ga, waxay Muqdisho u jirtaa 243 km.
waxaan ahay Dalmar oo aduunka ayaan soo kala bartaa. Waxa aan booqday ilaa iyo hadda 45 waddan. Waxa aan leeyahay hadaf ah: inaan cagaha dhigo 197 wadan (dunida oo dhan) in shaa Allah.
"Socdaalku ma aha oo kali ah hiwaayad, laakiin waa hab nololeed.
I discover the world on my way, and I have visited so far, 45 countries and i am in mission to reach 197 countries.
socdaalku ma aha oo kaliya hiwaayad, ee waa hab nololeed .
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Somalia that you have never seen! - Welcome to Baidoa City Park
Baidoa City Park - one of its kind in Somalia, is located in Baidoa City.
How to get to Baid...
Somalia that you have never seen! - Welcome to Baidoa City Park
Baidoa City Park - one of its kind in Somalia, is located in Baidoa City.
How to get to Baidoa from Nairobi.
Baidoa is the largest city of the South West State of Somalia. You take a flight from Nairobi to Mogadishu which is 2 hrs flight then from Mogadishu to Baidoa 40 minutes flight.
I was honored to have been taken for a tour of the property by the founder Mustafa Hajij. Accompany us by watching the video as we take you for your in this amazing hidden gem.
Additional footage by: Durdur Media Group
Venue : Baidoa City Park, Baidoa City - Somalia
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Somalia that you have never seen! - Welcome to Baidoa City Park
Baidoa City Park - one of its kind in Somalia, is located in Baidoa City.
How to get to Baidoa from Nairobi.
Baidoa is the largest city of the South West State of Somalia. You take a flight from Nairobi to Mogadishu which is 2 hrs flight then from Mogadishu to Baidoa 40 minutes flight.
I was honored to have been taken for a tour of the property by the founder Mustafa Hajij. Accompany us by watching the video as we take you for your in this amazing hidden gem.
Additional footage by: Durdur Media Group
Venue : Baidoa City Park, Baidoa City - Somalia
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Baidoa City Park, Baidoa - Somalia
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Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants on Thursday attacked a fortified area in the central town of Baidoa, home to a key regional government headquarte...
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants on Thursday attacked a fortified area in the central town of Baidoa, home to a key regional government headquarters, United Nations compound and airport, security officials said. Duration: 00:35
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants on Thursday attacked a fortified area in the central town of Baidoa, home to a key regional government headquarters, United Nations compound and airport, security officials said. Duration: 00:35
Over the past decade, Baidoa has grown accustomed to large population influxes. The majority of its population are displaced. Desperate, hungry and thirsty, mor...
Over the past decade, Baidoa has grown accustomed to large population influxes. The majority of its population are displaced. Desperate, hungry and thirsty, more and more people are flocking to the city from the countryside of southern Somalia, one of the regions hardest hit by the drought that is engulfing the Horn of Africa.
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Over the past decade, Baidoa has grown accustomed to large population influxes. The majority of its population are displaced. Desperate, hungry and thirsty, more and more people are flocking to the city from the countryside of southern Somalia, one of the regions hardest hit by the drought that is engulfing the Horn of Africa.
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The Islamic militant group al-Shabaab fled the Somali city of Baidoa in late February without a fight, giving up a strategic center they captured from governmen...
The Islamic militant group al-Shabaab fled the Somali city of Baidoa in late February without a fight, giving up a strategic center they captured from government forces three years ago. VOA's Peter Heinlein was among the first western journalists to visit Baidoa in years, where some residents describe it as a disaster.
The Islamic militant group al-Shabaab fled the Somali city of Baidoa in late February without a fight, giving up a strategic center they captured from government forces three years ago. VOA's Peter Heinlein was among the first western journalists to visit Baidoa in years, where some residents describe it as a disaster.
After six failed rainy seasons and conflict, the hunger crisis is severely affecting children and families in Somalia. Our President and CEO, Danny Glenwright, ...
After six failed rainy seasons and conflict, the hunger crisis is severely affecting children and families in Somalia. Our President and CEO, Danny Glenwright, recently visited displaced camps and child-friendly spaces run by our organization. In the video, he shares a regional update and does a brief interview with Mustafa, a dedicated doctor in the camp.
After six failed rainy seasons and conflict, the hunger crisis is severely affecting children and families in Somalia. Our President and CEO, Danny Glenwright, recently visited displaced camps and child-friendly spaces run by our organization. In the video, he shares a regional update and does a brief interview with Mustafa, a dedicated doctor in the camp.
Ethiopian troops took over Baido, Somalia, from Shebab rebels on February 22, 2012. The fall of Baidoa dealt a major blow to the al-Qaeda-backed Islamists took ...
Ethiopian troops took over Baido, Somalia, from Shebab rebels on February 22, 2012. The fall of Baidoa dealt a major blow to the al-Qaeda-backed Islamists took who have occupied the city since 2009. Duration:Â 00:27.
Ethiopian troops took over Baido, Somalia, from Shebab rebels on February 22, 2012. The fall of Baidoa dealt a major blow to the al-Qaeda-backed Islamists took who have occupied the city since 2009. Duration:Â 00:27.
The United Nations has launched a drought operations coordination centre in the Somali city of Baidoa. This, in a bid to promote the effective and timely delive...
The United Nations has launched a drought operations coordination centre in the Somali city of Baidoa. This, in a bid to promote the effective and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance to the south western region of the country. According to the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Vincent Lelei the humanitarian crisis in South West state had become the worst in the whole country. Lelei says some 2,000 people in the region were suffering from cholera and many children are malnourished. Latest statistics indicate that about 6.2 million people - half the total population in Somalia - are in need of humanitarian aid. Among them are three million people facing crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity.
The United Nations has launched a drought operations coordination centre in the Somali city of Baidoa. This, in a bid to promote the effective and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance to the south western region of the country. According to the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Vincent Lelei the humanitarian crisis in South West state had become the worst in the whole country. Lelei says some 2,000 people in the region were suffering from cholera and many children are malnourished. Latest statistics indicate that about 6.2 million people - half the total population in Somalia - are in need of humanitarian aid. Among them are three million people facing crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity.
The UN held a capacity-building workshop for thirty mental health professionals from institutions in Baidoa, the capital of Somalia's South West state. The trai...
The UN held a capacity-building workshop for thirty mental health professionals from institutions in Baidoa, the capital of Somalia's South West state. The training was held between 24 and 26 July 2017 and provided basic preparation for handling psychiatric disorders. Participants included staff from Baidoa central prison, the city's psychiatric hospital, and the Baidoa Disarmament, Demobilisation and Rehabilitation centre.
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The UN held a capacity-building workshop for thirty mental health professionals from institutions in Baidoa, the capital of Somalia's South West state. The training was held between 24 and 26 July 2017 and provided basic preparation for handling psychiatric disorders. Participants included staff from Baidoa central prison, the city's psychiatric hospital, and the Baidoa Disarmament, Demobilisation and Rehabilitation centre.
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(13 Oct 2018) A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the middle of a restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa and a grenade struck a hotel nearby, leaving ...
(13 Oct 2018) A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the middle of a restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa and a grenade struck a hotel nearby, leaving at least 11 people dead and more than 10 wounded, authorities said on Saturday.
The death toll may rise, Colonel Ahmed Muse told The Associated Press.
Most of the casualties were caused by the bomber who walked into the restaurant with explosives strapped around his waist, officials said.
At least 10 of the wounded were being treated at Baidoa's main hospital.
Most had horrific injuries, nurse Mohamed Isaq told the AP.
Baidoa is a key economic center about 250 kilometers (155 miles) west of the capital, Mogadishu, and about the same distance east of the Ethiopian border.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the blasts via its radio arm, Andalus.
It said one blast targeted a hotel owned by a former Somali minister, Mohamed Aden Fargeti, one of several candidates running for the presidency of the region in November's election.
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(13 Oct 2018) A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the middle of a restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa and a grenade struck a hotel nearby, leaving at least 11 people dead and more than 10 wounded, authorities said on Saturday.
The death toll may rise, Colonel Ahmed Muse told The Associated Press.
Most of the casualties were caused by the bomber who walked into the restaurant with explosives strapped around his waist, officials said.
At least 10 of the wounded were being treated at Baidoa's main hospital.
Most had horrific injuries, nurse Mohamed Isaq told the AP.
Baidoa is a key economic center about 250 kilometers (155 miles) west of the capital, Mogadishu, and about the same distance east of the Ethiopian border.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the blasts via its radio arm, Andalus.
It said one blast targeted a hotel owned by a former Somali minister, Mohamed Aden Fargeti, one of several candidates running for the presidency of the region in November's election.
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Waxaan booqday magaalada Baydhabo oo ah xarunta gobolka Baay, waxayna ku hadlaan afka Maay-ga, waxay Muqdisho u jirtaa 243 km.
waxaan ahay Dalmar oo aduunka ayaan soo kala bartaa. Waxa aan booqday ilaa iyo hadda 45 waddan. Waxa aan leeyahay hadaf ah: inaan cagaha dhigo 197 wadan (dunida oo dhan) in shaa Allah.
"Socdaalku ma aha oo kali ah hiwaayad, laakiin waa hab nololeed.
I discover the world on my way, and I have visited so far, 45 countries and i am in mission to reach 197 countries.
socdaalku ma aha oo kaliya hiwaayad, ee waa hab nololeed .
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Somalia that you have never seen! - Welcome to Baidoa City Park
Baidoa City Park - one of its kind in Somalia, is located in Baidoa City.
How to get to Baidoa from Nairobi.
Baidoa is the largest city of the South West State of Somalia. You take a flight from Nairobi to Mogadishu which is 2 hrs flight then from Mogadishu to Baidoa 40 minutes flight.
I was honored to have been taken for a tour of the property by the founder Mustafa Hajij. Accompany us by watching the video as we take you for your in this amazing hidden gem.
Additional footage by: Durdur Media Group
Venue : Baidoa City Park, Baidoa City - Somalia
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Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants on Thursday attacked a fortified area in the central town of Baidoa, home to a key regional government headquarters, United Nations compound and airport, security officials said. Duration: 00:35
Over the past decade, Baidoa has grown accustomed to large population influxes. The majority of its population are displaced. Desperate, hungry and thirsty, more and more people are flocking to the city from the countryside of southern Somalia, one of the regions hardest hit by the drought that is engulfing the Horn of Africa.
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The Islamic militant group al-Shabaab fled the Somali city of Baidoa in late February without a fight, giving up a strategic center they captured from government forces three years ago. VOA's Peter Heinlein was among the first western journalists to visit Baidoa in years, where some residents describe it as a disaster.
After six failed rainy seasons and conflict, the hunger crisis is severely affecting children and families in Somalia. Our President and CEO, Danny Glenwright, recently visited displaced camps and child-friendly spaces run by our organization. In the video, he shares a regional update and does a brief interview with Mustafa, a dedicated doctor in the camp.
Ethiopian troops took over Baido, Somalia, from Shebab rebels on February 22, 2012. The fall of Baidoa dealt a major blow to the al-Qaeda-backed Islamists took who have occupied the city since 2009. Duration:Â 00:27.
The United Nations has launched a drought operations coordination centre in the Somali city of Baidoa. This, in a bid to promote the effective and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance to the south western region of the country. According to the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Vincent Lelei the humanitarian crisis in South West state had become the worst in the whole country. Lelei says some 2,000 people in the region were suffering from cholera and many children are malnourished. Latest statistics indicate that about 6.2 million people - half the total population in Somalia - are in need of humanitarian aid. Among them are three million people facing crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity.
The UN held a capacity-building workshop for thirty mental health professionals from institutions in Baidoa, the capital of Somalia's South West state. The training was held between 24 and 26 July 2017 and provided basic preparation for handling psychiatric disorders. Participants included staff from Baidoa central prison, the city's psychiatric hospital, and the Baidoa Disarmament, Demobilisation and Rehabilitation centre.
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(13 Oct 2018) A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the middle of a restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa and a grenade struck a hotel nearby, leaving at least 11 people dead and more than 10 wounded, authorities said on Saturday.
The death toll may rise, Colonel Ahmed Muse told The Associated Press.
Most of the casualties were caused by the bomber who walked into the restaurant with explosives strapped around his waist, officials said.
At least 10 of the wounded were being treated at Baidoa's main hospital.
Most had horrific injuries, nurse Mohamed Isaq told the AP.
Baidoa is a key economic center about 250 kilometers (155 miles) west of the capital, Mogadishu, and about the same distance east of the Ethiopian border.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the blasts via its radio arm, Andalus.
It said one blast targeted a hotel owned by a former Somali minister, Mohamed Aden Fargeti, one of several candidates running for the presidency of the region in November's election.
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The battle began with most reports hourly depicting the government forces defecting and its position on the verge of collapse. The TFG, along with its allies in the Juba Valley Alliance (JVA), had certainly been on the retreat since the June offensives of the ICU. By the opening of the battle in December, Baidoa was invested with attacks coming in at least three directions.
Strong Ethiopian reinforcements rapidly changed the battle from one in which the TFG was on the defensive, through a strong series of counterattacks, to an Ethiopian/TFG decisive victory. Ethiopian armor, artillery, and air forces proved instrumental against the ICU's militia-based army.
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December 20, 2006
On December 20, heavy shooting broke out between Somali government troops and Islamists 25Â km (16Â mi) southeast of Baidoa where the Islamists claimed to have taken the government's military base in Daynuunay. The conflict thereafter moved north to the Islamist stronghold in Moode Moode Heavy weapons, including artillery, rockets and mortars were involved. Initial claims of casualties in this area were at least ten dead ICU militiamen and forty TFG soldiers wounded. Later claims of ICU casualties by the TFG were 71 Islamic soldiers dead and 221 injured, including two dead foreign fighters. The TFG claimed its own casualties were 3 dead and 7 wounded while the ICU claimed to have killed 7 government soldiers.