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Conflict Africa

US Intervention in Somalia (UNOSOM)

1992 CE – 1994 CE · 2 years

A humanitarian intervention in famine-ravaged Somalia escalated into urban combat. The Battle of Mogadishu ('Black Hawk Down') killed 18 US soldiers and led to American withdrawal.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • United Nations, United States
  • Somali National Alliance (Aidid)

Key moments

Defining events in the US Intervention in Somalia (UNOSOM).

  1. 1993 Battle of Mogadishu
  2. 1993 Operation Gothic Serpent

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Mozambican Civil War

1977 CE – 1992 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

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Burundi Civil War

1993 CE – 2005 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Morocco

Founded 789 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1992 CE and 1994 CE.

1993 CE Burundi Civil War 1993 CE Battle of Mogadishu 1992 CE Bosnian War 1992 CE Algerian Civil War 1992 CE Tajik Civil War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Yugoslavia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE Deng Xiaoping Figure · Sichuan, China 1904 CE – 1997 CE Salvadoran Civil War Conflict · Americas 1979 CE – 1992 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Czechoslovakia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE
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