| 5,760,085 |
0.5172 |
42.071 |
Somalia |
|
Isiolo and Ras Kambooni militias launched a coordinated offensive against AS positions in Tabta and Qooqani from from their main base in Dhoobley. The two towns were taken-over by anti-AS forces. Conflicting statements were made by the Ras Kambooni spokesperson who declared that AS forces had vacated their positions without opposing resistance, and by the TFG Spokesman for the Jubas who claimed that heavy fighting had occurred and that AS had suffered a high number of casualties. The leader of Ras Kambooni Ahmed Madoobe was himself on the frontline. Pro-AS websites reported that Ras Kambooni had received 30 technicals from Kenya just before the offensive. Kenyan military planes and helicopters as well as ground forces were reported being actively engaged in the fighting targeting AS positions and vehicles. |
| 5,760,088 |
2.0735 |
45.28 |
Somalia |
|
Reports from Mogadishu indicate that AS militants are gradually vacating the last areas they had been controlling around Livestock Market and in the urban section of Dayniile District in anticipation of the continuation of the AMISOM offensive in Mogadishu North. |
| 5,760,093 |
0.5172 |
42.071 |
Somalia |
|
Isiolo and Ras Kambooni militias launched a coordinated offensive against AS positions in Tabta and Qooqani from from their main base in Dhoobley. The two towns were taken-over by anti-AS forces. Conflicting statements were made by the Ras Kambooni spokesperson who declared that AS forces had vacated their positions without opposing resistance, and by the TFG Spokesman for the Jubas who claimed that heavy fighting had occurred and that AS had suffered a high number of casualties. The leader of Ras Kambooni Ahmed Madoobe was himself on the frontline. Pro-AS websites reported that Ras Kambooni had received 30 technicals from Kenya just before the offensive. Kenyan military planes and helicopters as well as ground forces were reported being actively engaged in the fighting targeting AS positions and vehicles. |
| 5,760,097 |
6.24178 |
46.3072 |
Somalia |
|
Two Marehan pastoralists were killed in an exchange of fire with Dir pastoralists in a dispute over an area used for wood and charcoal collection. |
| 5,760,105 |
9.50694 |
49.08608 |
Somalia |
|
Osman Mohamud militias are reported to have ambushed other fellow clansmen who were getting into their vehicles soon after the noon prayers in an intra-clan clash that left five people dead on the spot. Puntland authorities responded by dispatching additional troops to the area to calm down the situation. Elders of the family whose members committed the crime were requested to ensure that the group of perpetrators who had fled 40km south in the direction of Garowe are handed over. |
| 5,760,109 |
2.04393 |
45.3 |
Somalia |
|
A RCIED targeted a vehicle transporting the TFG MP Mohamed Ali Omar in Sei-Biano area. The device had reportedly been planted in the vehicle that had been parked in front of his residence and was remotely activated after the MP had boarded. The MP was seriously injured. |
| 5,760,114 |
0.5172 |
42.071 |
Somalia |
|
Isiolo and Ras Kambooni militias launched a coordinated offensive against AS positions in Tabta and Qooqani from from their main base in Dhoobley. The two towns were taken-over by anti-AS forces. Conflicting statements were made by the Ras Kambooni spokesperson who declared that AS forces had vacated their positions without opposing resistance, and by the TFG Spokesman for the Jubas who claimed that heavy fighting had occurred and that AS had suffered a high number of casualties. The leader of Ras Kambooni Ahmed Madoobe was himself on the frontline. Pro-AS websites reported that Ras Kambooni had received 30 technicals from Kenya just before the offensive. Kenyan military planes and helicopters as well as ground forces were reported being actively engaged in the fighting targeting AS positions and vehicles. |
| 5,760,117 |
0.5172 |
42.071 |
Somalia |
|
AS forces reportedly started evacuating Afmadow town in the night of 16-17/10 after having lost Tabta and Qooqani on 13-15/10 and being targeted by airstrikes conducted at least for a part by the Kenyan military. It was unclear if Isiolo and Ras Kambooni militias had taken over the town on 17/10. AS forces were reported retreating towards Kismayo and Buale. |
| 5,760,121 |
0.5172 |
42.071 |
Somalia |
|
AS forces targeted by airstrikes conducted at least for a part by the Kenyan military. |
| 5,760,124 |
-0.36029 |
42.54626 |
Somalia |
|
In attempt to drive back Al Shabaab from border zones and take Kismayo port, Kenyan troops entered Somalia 16 Oct. |
