Consolidation of states within Somalia (1995–2006)

Consolidation of States Within Somalia (1995–2006)
	Part of the Somali Civil War
Date	1995–2006
Location	Somalia
Result	Rise of the Islamic Courts Union
Belligerents
SRRC SNA; SPM-Harti;	Transitional National Government USC; JVA; RRA; Jubaland Puntland Somaliland
Commanders and leaders
Hussein Farrah Aidid; Mohamed Farrah Aidid †; General Morgan	Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed; Abdiqasim Salad Hassan; Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud

Following the civil war and the ensuing societal chaos, some factions managed to exert a degree of authority over certain regions of Somalia where they maintained broad, clan-based support. This allowed these factions to establish working administrations and eventually coherent states, and restored order to their regions. This occurred first in Puntland, Southwestern Somalia, Galmudug, Jubaland and finally Banadir.