ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,987,012 10.62274 43.07057 Somalia Citizens of Jidhi area (90 KM SW) demonstrated against a local NGO distributing food aid, after they brought a food donation that was not sufficient for the people of that area, as a huge number of them from neighbouring zones and requested the employees to add them to the beneficiaries list. However the NGO representatives couldnt fulfil this request. They ran from the scene after they noticed the mob could not be controlled. The food aid was looted.
5,987,017 11.28366 49.1806 Somalia Two gunmen from Warsangeli sub-clan shot and killed a security guard of Golis Telecommunication Company in Bosasso on the evening of 24/04. The motive is reportedly a dispute between the perpetrators and the victim. The victim hails from Majeerteen/Isa Mohamud sub-clan. Police arrested the perpetrators.
5,987,021 2.80488 44.08205 Somalia ISWA soldier opened gun fire against a crowd watching the display of three dead al Shabaab that have been brought from the fight in Raydabow on 24/04 to Buur Hakaba. The injured people, a business man and two women, hit by stray bullets were rushed for medical support to Baidoa Hospital.
5,987,025 2.04393 45.3 Somalia Unidentified armed men shot and killed a man, said to work with the SNG in front of his house in Talex neighbourhood between the two evening prayers on 24/04. First attackers throw stones against the victims vehicle to make him come out of his residence before they shot and killed him. No arrests were reported.
5,987,029 4.03852 44.15692 Somalia ISWA Forces carried out an attack on an al Shabaab base in Yowkoyow village (32KM SE of Xudur) in the early morning of 25/04. Reports indicate that both sides suffered an unknown number of causalities and that al Shabaab vacated the base.
5,987,033 10.43959 45.01432 Somalia Fishermen in Berbera staged a demonstration on 25/04 in protest against new taxes introduced by Somalilands Ministry of Fisheries. The protestors marched in the streets and burnt tyres. Anti-riot police dispersed them and arrested three protestors.
5,987,037 2.08438 45.39 Somalia Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a business man in livestock Market (Heliwa) in the afternoon of 25/04 while opening his shop. the perpetrators escaped.
5,987,042 -0.49056 42.19694 Somalia AMISOM/KDF and Jubaland security forces jointly launched an offensive operation against a fortified al Shabaab checkpoint in Abdale Birole Village (41km SW of Kismaayo) in the morning of 26/04. The allied forces overran & destroyed it and took control of the village after a brief armed clash. Following the takeover, the Jubaland forces torched an al Shabaab shelter next to the checkpoint. Later the Jubaland forces met with clan elders and discussed the security situation in the area. No casualties were reported from either side.
5,987,047 2.04393 45.3 Somalia At least four soldiers have been injured after gunmen attacked the residence of a Somali member of parliament in Hodan District on 26/04.
5,987,051 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia A group of Jubaland intelligence forces attacked an al Shabaab position in Shandarmood (Approx. 20km NW of Kismaayo) in the morning of 26/04. The attackers claimed to have killed two al Shabaab fighters while injuring two others, however, this claim could not be independently verified. Shortly after the attack the Jubaland forces returned to their base.