USC.
The sign reads "Now we got independence since we overthrow dictator long live USC"Somali civilian show their support to a group of Somali United Congress (USC) rebels, armed on a tank, January 30, 1991 in Mogadishu four days after the
government in Mogadishu was dismantled in 1991 January 26, Somalia. Rebel troops of the Somali United Congress (USC) took control of Mogadishu,
after a three week long war with Government troops.

SNM.
Meanwhile, SNM forces have pushed the front towards the east by taking Odweina on February 15 and Ainabo, 120 km east of Burao on the road by Mogadishu,
at the end of the month. They claimed to have killed over 1,000 SNA soldiers in 1988. The SNM liberated Ceerigaabo also in 1989.
The Somali National Movement (SNM) gained control of the north, while in the capital of Mogadishu and most of southern Somalia, the United Somali
Congress achieved control.



