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Italian/ British Somalia becomes independent -
-Elected President Abdirashid Shermarke is assassinated
-Mohamed Siad Barre takes power -
Soviets back Somalia -
The Ogaden War -
-Started the Nicaraguan Revolution
-Fight between Sandinista rebels and the National Guard -
Attack of Afgooye -
-Overthrow of Somoza
-Somoza fled the country
-End of Somoza’s dynasty
- Rebellion of the Contras -
Somoza was assassinated in Paraguay -
-FSLN junta led by Daniel Ortega take power of Nicaragua
-U.S. President R. Reagan authorized the CIA to support the Contras -
Confrontation between Nicaragua and U.S. -
Ethiopian army invades Central Somalia -
-Electoral victory of FSLN
-Daniel Ortega elected president -
Ortega starts his mandate in Nicaragua -
Nicaraguan leadership signs peace agreement with contras -
-Electoral victory of the National Opposition Union
-Ended the Nicaraguan Revolution -
Barre loses control/dies -
-Somaliland declares independence
-Pres. Bush Sends 25,000 to Somali aid -
Pres. Clinton withdraws all U.S. troops