ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,990,758 2.80488 44.08205 Somalia An unknown assailant hurled a hand grenade against a tea-shop in the centre of town, frequented by ISWA Special Police Forces (SPF) on 05/05. A civilian bystander was injured. The perpetrator escaped.
5,990,762 6.14568 46.62712 Somalia Three Galmudug security force members started shooting at Galmudug interim headquarters to express their dissatisfaction over unpaid salaries on 06/05. Other forces at headquarters responded with gun-fire and the three soldiers managed to escape.
5,990,767 9.6206 49.17306 Somalia Six people from Majeerten/Omar Mohamud sub-clan were kidnapped by suspected armed clan militias from Majeerten/Osman Mohamud sub-clan in Sanjilbo Village (8km NE of Qardho) on the evening of 06/05. The perpetrators took their captives to Xabaalreer Village (47km NE of Qardho).
5,990,771 2.15 45.116 Somalia Two groups of SNG forces fought in the vicinity of Xaawa Taako neighbourhood in Afgooye in the morning of 07/05. The motive behind the intra-clash is unknown. One soldier and a civilian bystander were reportedly injured in the shoot-out.
5,990,775 2.04803 45.32 Somalia Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade against a group of SNG police on foot patrol in the vicinity of Abu Hureyra Mosque in Bakaara Market (Hawl-Wadaag District) in the morning of 07/05. The government forces opened gunfire after the blast. Two civilian bystanders and two police constables were injured in the attack. The attackers escaped.
5,990,779 2.08438 45.39 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against a police checkpoint in the vicinity of the livestock market (Heliwa District) in the evening of 07/05. Both sides exchanged gunfire briefly before the attackers withdrew. No casualties were reported.
5,990,783 2.33993 42.28598 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters fired mortar rounds against SNGF base in Baardheere Airport in the night of 07/05. Reports indicate that five mortars landed at the base. Casualties could not be established.
5,990,787 10.62182 47.36813 Somalia Ceerigaabo local municipal council supported by the police destroyed small kiosks constructed illegally at the central grocery market in Ceerigaabo on 07/05. A group of kiosk owners attempted to stop the operations but three were arrested by the police.
5,990,790 8.40635 48.48188 Somalia Small scale traders staged a demonstration in front of the parliament building in Garowe on the morning of 07/05 in protest against the depreciation of the Somali shilling against the dollar, which caused inflation. The protestors called on Puntland government to look into the current inflation caused by the depreciation of the Somali shilling.
5,990,795 1.74928 44.74372 Somalia Suspected Biimaal militia shot and killed a mentally sick civilian man in the vicinity of Buufow Bacaad (5km NW of Marka) in the morning of 07/05. The victim hails from Habar-Gidir, and was heading to Marka on foot when he was intercepted by the militiamen. The motive is believed to be clan revenge.