| 5,761,314 |
2.22043 |
45.22585 |
Somalia |
|
A hand-grenade was hurled at TFG soldiers patrolling the Medina Market area. The explosion injured one bystander. Attackers escaped unidentified. |
| 5,761,318 |
4.68153 |
46.62342 |
Somalia |
|
AS militias from Ceel Buur moved to the area to separate the two groups but were reported to have been attacked by Duduble gunmen who saw them as Murusade militias. Casualties are established at one killed and two injured on the Murusade side and one killed and one injured on the Duduble side. Tension is high in the area and between Ceel Buur (Murusade clan) and Ceel Garas (Duduble clan). AS authorities are attempting to prevent further clashes and mediate between the two clans but mobilization of militias continue on the two sides. The two clans have had a long history of conflict before the take-over of the area by the ICU then AS. AS authorities will be strongly involved to prevent violent clashes between two clans on which they rely to maintain their authority in the south of Galgaduud Region. |
| 5,761,322 |
4.68153 |
46.62342 |
Somalia |
|
Gunmen from Murusade and Duduble clans engaged in a dispute over the control of land and water resources are reported to have clashed in Ceelgarweyne (NE of Ceel Buur) on 20/12. |
| 5,761,326 |
6.76924 |
47.43061 |
Somalia |
|
Gunmen from Sa'ad and Majerteen sub-clans are reported to have clashed in Hanbure, in the north of Galkacyo, on 20/12. The number of casualties is not confirmed. Early reports indicate that two persons from each sub-clan may have been killed and at least two gunmen from Sa'ad have been injured. |
| 5,761,330 |
0.27944 |
41.26965 |
Somalia |
|
Kenyan medias reported that a KDF armored personal carrier had been hit by an IED while on patrol in Hawinha area on 20/12. The report could not be independently verified. |
| 5,821,412 |
-33.91799 |
25.57007 |
South Africa |
|
Cosatu stages service delivery protest |
| 5,761,334 |
0.5172 |
42.071 |
Somalia |
|
Kenyan military aircrafts reportedly conducted an airstrike against suspected AS positions in Hoosingo, 70km SE of Dhoobley. The AS chairman of Hoosingo was reportedly injured. A pro-AS website reported that the bombing hit a market area, killing 10 civilians and injuring 27 others, a statement that could not be verified through independent sources. Hoosingo is a village of around 600 families, mostly from Sheeqaal clan. |
| 5,761,338 |
2.0095 |
45.25 |
Somalia |
|
A suspected RCIED explosion took place in front of the Galbeed police station injuring six female casual workers who were cleaning the road leading into the police station compound. The RCIED is believed to have been planted along the road targeting the police officers based in the station. A previous RCIED attack had targeted women involved in street-cleaning in Mogadishu, with AS claiming the responsibility of the attack and warning against street-cleaning operations that make IED planting more difficult. |
| 5,761,341 |
9.55975 |
44.06678 |
Somalia |
|
A group of women and children held a peaceful demonstration if front of the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa to protest against the detention of their husbands/fathers in the Hargeisa central prison. One of the detainees affected with tuberculosis is said to have died due to lack of medical treatment. The Presidential Guard dispersed the demonstrators. The prisoners are ex-police officers who had abandoned their post in Laas Caanood in 2010 and who were subsequently condemned to 20 years imprisonment by a military court. |
| 5,761,344 |
2.0095 |
45.25 |
Somalia |
|
The first contingent of 100 to 200 Djiboutian soldiers arrived in Mogadishu on 20/12 to join the AMISOM contingent in the capital. The soldiers reportedly refused to disembark after landing in the MIA due to dissensions between their hierarchy and the AMISOM command about the location where they were to be deployed (Jazira 4, on the southern edge of the AMISOM area of control, along the coastline). The soldiers finally left the plane after a 3-hours stand-off and were later transferred to their new base in Jazira 4. 800 additional Djiboutian troops are expected to be deployed in Mogadishu in the coming weeks. |
