ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,758,507 3.328 42.21988 Somalia An anti-AS soldier from Marehan clan killed a fellow soldier from the Banadiri clan. The dispute between the two started after the Marehan soldier saw the Banadiri talking to a Marehan girl. The murderer has been arrested by ASWJ forces.
5,758,511 2.6833 42.2 Somalia Unconfirmed reports indicate that an airstrike targeting AS militias could have been conducted in the vicinity of Gaddoondhowe village close to Dhamase, around 80km south-east of Bulo-Xawo.
5,758,514 3.31667 45.1833 Somalia Members of the Habar Yoonis sub-clan of Muse Abdale held a demonstration in Sheikh to protest against perceived inequities in the allocation of contracts related to the implementation of a vaccination campaign in the district. The demonstrators complained that they had an insufficient share in the staffs recruited to conduct the campaign and that not enough of their vehicles had been hired. The local police dispersed the demonstration. No casualties or damages were reported. The citizens of Sheikh are mostly Habar Awal/Essa Musse and Garhajis/Muse Abdale.
5,930,270 -15.4166 28.2833 Zambia Teachers strike
5,758,517 2.40735 42.97655 Somalia Local medias report that AS forces confiscated a significant number of technicals and other weapons belonging to the Dabarre sub-clan of Rahanweyn in Diinsoor. The vehicles and weapons were reported to have been hidden outside of town since 2009. Exact circumstances of the transfer are currently unknown. The report could not be verified.
5,758,520 3.92761 41.87418 Somalia Leaflets believed to have been produced by AS supporters were distributed in Bulo-Xawo in the afternoon of 19/07. The leaflets call for ASWJ and the TFG to leave the town before Ramadan.
5,758,523 6.76924 47.43061 Somalia ASWJ militias associated to the Hemo religious group forcefully stopped a public meeting organized by other religious leaders in the Omar Samatar Secondary School. The meeting was organized aside a religious seminar and was aimed at discussing the security cooperation between the public, the local authorities and the religious groups. Armed guards of the Regional Governor and other security members intervened to control the situation and the meeting was suspended. The ASWJ group is said to be opposed to the Al Itihat Al Islamiyah (AIAI) group from which were the religious leaders organizing the meeting. Hemo is a village located north of Galkacyo close to Bacad Weyne. It is a traditional religious centre for the ASWJ movement (Sufi).
5,758,527 2.02764 45.33 Somalia An unidentified man dressed in TFG uniform shot and killed a student from the Computer Science Faculty from the Simad University. The reason of the killing is not confirmed but seems to be related to petty crime. The murderer escaped.
5,758,531 9.50694 49.08608 Somalia A vehicle was reported being car-jacked in Rako-Raho, around 80km north-east of Qardho. The perpetrators stopped the vehicle, ordered the driver and its passenger - a UN staff - to get out and drove off. Puntland security forces chased the vehicle that later overturned. The perpetrators were arrested.
5,758,535 11.16027 48.19487 Somalia A meeting between a high level Puntland delegation and Galgala community was suspended after a shootout between Puntland security forces and a group of gunmen suspected to be Galgala insurgents. On 21/07 the Puntland officials travelled back to Af Urur. The meeting is expected to resume imminently.