ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,758,578 6.24178 46.3072 Somalia A significant number of ASWJ delegates and their escorts have arrived in Abudwaq reportedly to attend an ASWJ conference. Large numbers of ASWJ militias have been deployed in the periphery of Abudwaq and many check-points have been set-up or reinforced. Militiamen are reportedly forbidden to carry weapons inside the town.
5,758,582 2.0168 45.28 Somalia A hand-grenade was hurled at a TFG check-point at El-Qalow. The grenade exploded but no casualties were reported. The motive of the attack could not be established and the perpetrators managed to escape.
5,758,586 9.25 44.08 Somalia Gunmen attacked a construction site near the Koodbuur Police Station and dispersed the labourers that were working on the site. The police intervened but were shot at by the gunmen. One police officer was injured and all attackers were arrested. The incident is reported to be related to a land dispute over the plot where construction works were undertaken.
5,765,246 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia Local sources report that three female suicide-suicide bombers may have been deployed in Baidoa in the last two weeks.
5,758,589 6.24178 46.3072 Somalia A significant number of ASWJ delegates and their escorts have arrived in Abudwaq reportedly to attend an ASWJ conference. Large numbers of ASWJ militias have been deployed in the periphery of Abudwaq and many check-points have been set-up or reinforced. Militiamen are reportedly forbidden to carry weapons inside the town.
5,758,593 1.9833 44.8333 Somalia AS Hisbas (police) arrested four young men listening to music and watching movies on their mobile phones. The four men were temporarily detained until they received a corporal punishment of 19 lashes each
5,758,597 2.15 45.116 Somalia AS repordtedly beheaded two livestock herders that had been arrested with three others in Laanta Buur area (between Afgooye and K50) on 22/07 after they had clashed with AS forces. The body of the two men were loaded on a pick-up mounted with loud speakers and put on display in Afgooye Town
5,758,602 2.15 45.116 Somalia AS militias were engaged in small-scale clashes with livestock herders in Garas Gawaan. Militiamen and technicals are reported to have been sent to the village by the TFG Medina District Commissioner Mr. Ahmed Hassan Addow to support the local herdsmen. The number of casualties could not be verified. The clashes are reportedly related to the earlier confrontation that occurred on 22/07 in Laanta Buur.
5,758,606 11.28366 49.1806 Somalia The Mayor of Ufeyn, his Secretary and the Ufeyn Division Commander were arrested by heavy Puntland security forces led by General Said Dhere in Kobdhexaad area. The arrest intervened after Ufeyn security personnel and local clan militias opened fire at the Puntland forces. Puntland security forces were moving to the Ufeyn area after a team of African Oil international staffs and their guards moving towards the Dharoor Valley had been denied passage through Kobdhexaad by local clan militias and authorities on 23/07. The three arrested officials were taken to Bosasso prison. The new Puntland Minister of Security is expected to travel to the Ufeyn/Dharoor area to discuss with the local communities to allow Africa Oil to start its operations.
5,758,611 2.04803 45.32 Somalia AS fighters fired several mortar rounds against TFG/AMISOM positions in Howl-Wadag junction, prompting retaliation by TFG/AMISOM firing mortar rounds against AS positions in Bakara Market. One person was reportedly killed while eleven others injured.