| 5,761,189 |
0.40627 |
41.01238 |
Somalia |
|
Five anti-AS soldiers were reported dead and seven others injured after their vehicle ran over a landmine. Seriously wounded soldiers were reported to have been airlifted to Dadaab for medical treatment. |
| 5,761,193 |
11.28366 |
49.1806 |
Somalia |
|
An RCIED targeted an Africa Oil escort vehicle in Bosasso transporting the commander of Africa Oil security department. The explosion occurred after the vehicle passed the IED site and caused minor damage to the vehicle and very light injuries to the four security escorts sitting in the back. The vehicle was marked with Africa Oil and Puntland Police logos. The IED was reported to have been remotely detonated by a mobile phone. Puntland forces cordoned the site after the explosion and conducted a search operation of the area. |
| 5,761,198 |
2.0735 |
45.28 |
Somalia |
|
Al-Shabaab kidnapped three ICRC national staff members. They had been summoned to a meeting with the authorities in Daynille district; upon arrival they were seized and held in a shipping container. They were released the following day. |
| 5,761,202 |
2.0095 |
45.25 |
Somalia |
|
AS militias launched a hit-and-run attack against TFG positions in the area of ex-Control Afgooye and Xoosh in the night of 15/12. Information on casualties is not available. |
| 5,761,206 |
2.15 |
45.116 |
Somalia |
|
A man was reportedly killed in a brief clash between Sa'ad and Hawadle clan militias in the ex-US Embassy Compound. The clash was reportedly related to a land ownership dispute between the two clan militias. The area is occupied by a number of IDP settlements over the control of which the two militias are competing. |
| 5,761,209 |
6.24178 |
46.3072 |
Somalia |
|
On 15/12 ASWJ organized a large demonstration of local residents against the MP who it accuses of being a former member of Al Itihad al Islamiya (AIAI). Additional ASWJ militias were sent to Cabud Waaq in the evening of 16/12 and imposed a night curfew in the town. The MP was disarmed but was allowed to stay in the area. |
| 5,761,213 |
2.80488 |
44.08205 |
Somalia |
|
A private transport vehicle en route from Mogadishu to Baidoa was ambushed by local bandits in the vicinity of Jarada Buur Kuulow between Wanla Weyne and Buur Hakaba in the night of 15/12. Three passengers were reported killed and five others injured. All casualties were taken to Baidoa Hospital. |
| 5,761,217 |
6.76924 |
47.43061 |
Somalia |
|
A boy aged 8 from the Majerteen/Omar Mohamud/Mahad sub-clan was abducted by pirates from the Sa'ad/Abdalle sub-clan in the north of Galgaduud on 14/12. The boy was taken to Galkacyo South. The kidnapping was reportedly related to a financial dispute between two pirate groups from North and South Galkacyo. The Galmudug Minister of Education, Mr. Burahan Cigal, immediately held a press conference to condemn the kidnapping. |
| 5,761,221 |
3.328 |
42.21988 |
Somalia |
|
Three anti-AS soldiers from the Gabaaweyn clan were ambushed by AS militias while travelling from Garbaharey to Luuq on 16 or 17/12. Unconfirmed reports indicate that two AS fighters may have also been killed in the skirmish. |
| 5,761,224 |
9.73333 |
43.63333 |
Somalia |
|
A group of residents of Gabiley tried to hold a demonstration and gathered in the north-west part of the town called Laak-Barako. The Somaliland police dispersed the demonstration before they could reach the Mayor Office in the town center. The demonstration was to protest against the arrest of elders of the Reer Hareed sub-clan the week before, an event that was related to the ongoing clan conflict in the Ceel-Bardaale area. A stray bullet fired by the police accidentaly hit a child in his hand. |
