Battle of Mogadishu (March–April 2007)

Battle of Mogadishu (2007)
	Part of the War in Somalia
	; Mogadishu skyline during the fighting in March 2007
Date	21 March – 26 April 2007
Location	Mogadishu
Result	Tactical Ethiopian/TFG victory, insurgency not quelled
Belligerents
Popular Resistance Movement (PRM); Hawiye clan militiamen	Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda
Casualties and losses
427 killed; 150 captured	11 killed; (Somalia); 37 killed; 68 wounded; (Ethiopia); 1 killed; 5 wounded; (Uganda); 1 Mil Mi-24 helicopter gunship shot down; 2 tanks damaged
	Civilian casualties:; 1,176 Somali civilians killed (Hawiye claim) 4,600 Somali civilians wounded ; 11 Belarusian civilians killed

The Battle of Mogadishu began on 21 March 2007 in the Shirkole area of Mogadishu between Somali Transitional Federal Government forces and allied Ethiopian troops, and Islamist insurgents. The battle usually includes the dates, when referenced, in order to distinguish it amongst the nine major Battles of Mogadishu during the decades-long Somali Civil War.