ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,971,144 2.08438 45.39 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched an attack against SNG forces outpost near the Livestock Market (Heliwa District) in the night of 05/02. Both sides exchanged gunfire briefly after which the attackers retreated. No casualties were reported.
5,971,148 1.74928 44.74372 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a SNA convoy in the vicinity of Buufow Bacaad in the morning of 06/02. The attackers managed to seize a military vehicle and destroyed another one. Four SNA soldiers were reportedly killed in the fighting. Casualties on al Shabaab side could not be established.
5,971,152 9.55975 44.06678 Somalia Students from Farah Omar secondary school staged a peaceful demonstration on the road from Radio Hargeisa to the Ministry of Education in 26 June District (Hargeisa) in the morning of 06/02 in protest against an order from the Ministry of Education of allegedly transferring best teachers in the school to other schools according to the students claims.
5,971,384 -33.80172 25.46284 South Africa About 200 DA supporters gathered outside the Despatch town hall toprotestthe water leaks in Nelson Mandela Bay area.
5,971,156 9.89242 45.18529 Somalia Local clan militias clashed with Somaliland police in Qarasgoy Mountain near Sheikh town on 06/02 following dispute over land ownership. The clash followed after the government granted the disputed land to a foreign investor from Kuwait to develop a solar plant station to supply electricity to Sheikh and surrounding villages. The fighting was initiated by the local gunmen who claimed the ownership of the land. A Somaliland police officer was slightly injured. The police arrested three gunmen while the rest managed to escape.
5,971,160 2.0462 45.33407 Somalia Unidentified attackers shot and killed an intelligence officer, head of Dharkenleey District Intelligence along with two of his guards in drive-by shooting in the vicinity of Siliga (Wadajir District) in the afternoon of 06/02. The perpetrators escaped.
5,971,164 2.05492 45.33 Somalia Unidentified attackers armed with pistols shot and killed a civilian man in the vicinity of Ali-Kamiin (Wardhiigley District) in the afternoon of 06/02. The motive behind the killing is unknown. The perpetrators escaped.
5,971,168 -1.03 41.483 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters took control of Weel Cade Village (Approx. 135km NW of Badhaadhe) in the morning of 07/02. Following the takeover the fighters reportedly ordered local residents to vacate some part of the village saying that its strategic point for the Mujahidin. Reports indicate that pro-Jubaland local clan militias manning a checkpoint at the village escaped before the al Shabaab arrival. Further reports in the morning of 08/02 indicate that the local population deserted the village.
5,971,173 2.33993 42.28598 Somalia An IED attached to a vehicle belonging to the deputy DC for Bardheere district detonated in Bardheere in the morning of 07/02. The victim was former ASWJ spokesperson and he sustained slight injuries.
5,971,177 1.73167 44.62528 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against AMISOM base in Danow (Marka District) in the night of 07/02. Casualties are unknown.