Nov 2 (Reuters) - Battles broke out in the Somali capital again on Friday, killing at least one person and stoking a humanitarian crisis after fighting earlier this week.

Here is a chronology of recent events in Somalia:

Oct. 2004 - In 14th attempt since 1991 to restore central government, lawmakers elect Ethiopian-backed warlord Abdullahi Yusuf as president. In December, Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi swears in 27 ministers in Kenya.

June 2006 - The Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) seizes the capital Mogadishu from U.S.-backed warlords and takes control of parts of southern Somalia.

Oct. 9 - Islamists declare holy war against Ethiopia, which they accuse of invading Somalia to help the government.

Dec. 24 - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says he is waging war on the Islamists to protect Ethiopia's sovereignty, in the country's first public admission of military involvement.

Dec. 28 - Islamists flee Mogadishu ahead of a joint Ethiopian and Somali government force which captures the city.

Dec. 31 - Prime Minister Gedi enters Mogadishu.

Jan. 8, 2007 - Yusuf arrives in Mogadishu for the first time since he became president in 2004. Ethiopian forces begin leaving Mogadishu later in the month.

Feb. 20 - U.N. Security Council authorizes African Union peacekeeping mission for Somalia for 6 months. A Ugandan vanguard flies into Baidoa on March 1.

April 26 - Gedi says "most fighting" in Mogadishu has finished after a series of battles with Islamists which killed at least 1,300 people and forced hundreds of thousands to flee.

Aug 30 - President Yusuf winds up 6-week-long peace conference, which had no visible impact on insurgency. Islamists and some other opposition figures had boycotted the talks.

Oct 8 - Gedi reaches a truce with Mogadishu's dominant Hawiye clan, some of whom had supported Islamist-led insurgents.

Oct 27 - Heavy fighting erupts in Mogadishu between insurgents and Ethiopian troops. Residents say dozens of people are killed in the three days of battles that follow. Oct 29 - Gedi resigns after a long feud with the president.

Nov 2 - Battles break out in Mogadishu again.

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