ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,762,232 3.92761 41.87418 Somalia An AS mobile unit reportedly ambushed a vehicle with six anti-AS militiamen on board in Carro Case. One of the passengers was killed. The remaining five men reached Bulo Xawo later in the day. Alternative account of the event suggests that the fighting in fact broke out between two groups of anti-AS forces, one of which previouslyleft Garbaharey without an order.
5,762,236 4.73598 45.20427 Somalia Unknown perpetrator hurled a hand grenade at an ENDF truck in Beled Weyne. No casualties were reported.
5,762,240 11.28366 49.1806 Somalia Unknown gunmen suspected to be affiliated to the Galgala Insurgents opened fire at a vehicle carrying Puntland forces from Qardho to Bosasso injuring two members of the Puntland security forces. The Puntland forces returned fire to the gunmen, who then quickly escaped from the location. Puntland was reported oh have dispatched reinforcement to the area causing a temporary disruption of road traffic.
5,762,243 11.28366 49.1806 Somalia Unknown gunmen suspected to be affiliated to the Galgala Insurgents erected a road block between Laag and Yalho villages on the main road connecting Bosasso and Garowe.
5,762,250 10.28178 50.23009 Somalia A vehicle hired by a foreign development agency with two national staffs onboard was shot at by gunmen hailing from the Majerteen/Ali Saleban and Majerteen/Ismail Saleban sub-clans between Bandar Beyla and Xafun on 04/02. The vehicle was hit in the rear tyre, escaped the scene and moved to Baar Madobe with both staffs uninjured. The SPU escort of the vehicle stopped at the scene, exchanged fire with the gunmen, was overwhelmed andtaken to the home village of the gunmen in Laamiye. All the SPU escorts and their vehicle were released on 05/02 after intervention of elders of the involved sub-clans. The shooting is believed to be motivated by dissatisfaction of the members of the Majerteen/Ali Saleban and Majerteen/Ismail Saleban sub-clans about the allocation of the project funding in the area that they consider favours villages populated by the Osman Mohamud sub-clan.
5,762,255 2.06516 45.39 Somalia AS forces conducted a hit-and-run attack against TFG/AMISOM forces based in Jamhuuriya area of Karaan district in the night of 05.02. Casualties could not be established.
5,762,259 2.08438 45.39 Somalia AS militiamen conducted a hit-and-run attack against TFG forces based at Heliwa Police Station in the night of 05/02. Casualties could not be established.
5,762,263 4.73598 45.20427 Somalia AS militias conducted a hit-and-run attack against the ENDF to the west of Beled Weyne. The AS militiamen fired four RPGs at the ENDF and escaped the scene.
5,762,267 9.1549 47.47764 Somalia Pastoralist hailing from the Habr Jeclo and Habr Younis sub-clans of Isaaq were reported to have been engaged in a shootout in Dogoble village during an escalated dispute over access to resources in the area. Representatives of the local administration led by the regional Governor and elders of Sanaag region were reported to have travelled to the area to mediate the dispute.
5,762,271 11.16027 48.19487 Somalia Puntland forces were reported to have attacked positions ofGalgala Insurgents in Marraje, around 13km SW of Galgala on 05/02. Local sources indicate that a number of insurgents were killed and three prominent members of the insurgency including Ahmed Said Awl (brother of the leader of the group Sheikh Atom) were arrested.