ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,629,171 -1.54899 40.44557 Kenya Suspected al Shabaab attack a police post in Bothai around the midnight hour between Monday and Tuesday. The ensuing gun battle lasted five hours, eventually causing the police forces to abandon their post. After the police fled the gunmen ransacked the village, stealing drugs. Deaths reported, though no hard numbers were provided.
5,629,175 -1.54899 40.44557 Kenya A khat driver is kidnapped by al Shabaab while three of his colleagues were attacked, robbed and released as they travelled in or near Bothai, possibly Kiunga. It was later learned the driver was beheaded sometime later.
5,629,179 -2.05274 41.1099 Kenya Al Shabaab attacks and kills two, steals vehicles at Basuba location, Lamu East. Security forces later launched a security sweep of the area.
5,629,182 0.33511 34.4864 Kenya Residents protest the poor state of a road.
5,629,185 -3.94986 39.74504 Kenya Residents protest the poor state of a road.
5,629,191 -1.47612 36.96144 Kenya A Star reporter is attacked and injured by angry Maasais, who were destroying the Hazardous Waste Company. The reporter was attacked while taking photos for his assignment of a burning factory. The Maasai group had assembled at the factory for a meeting that lasted two hours before they decided to set the plant on fire. Two others were injured by the mob.
5,629,195 0.35462 37.58218 Kenya Samburu and Borana herders clash over a water source. Four killed, two each side.
5,629,198 -1.28333 36.81667 Kenya A group protest a Jubilee Government "pyramid scheme" which caused many financial ruin.
5,629,202 0.25583 34.22583 Kenya A vigilante mob kills a suspected thief and injures his accomplice in Sega town.
5,629,206 3.92083 41.21917 Kenya Twenty dead (range as high as 30) and 300 displaced as a result of a seven-hour ethnically driven gun battle in Rhamu. Police have made at least one arrest and recovered various light arms.