ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,762,869 9.55975 44.06678 Somalia Somaliland police forces and small local traders clashed in Hargeisa city centre on 29/02 after the local administration ordered the destruction of all informal shops from a main street to ease traffic. Police officers fired in the air to disperse the traders. The temporary structures used by the traders between Ali Matan Fuel Station and Jama'a Mosque were demolished.
5,762,874 2.02764 45.33 Somalia Personal guards of the Xamar Jab-Jab DC shot and killed two men and injured another one in Xamar Jab-Jab district on 29/02. The killing is believed to be a case of revenge for a previous attack against guards of the DC where several of them were seriously injured.
5,762,878 2.02764 45.33 Somalia TFG policemen manning a check-point at the Mogadishu Port opened fire at a civilian mini-bus and killed its driver in the morning of 01/03. The shooting reportedly occurred after the driver ignored an order to stop. No suspicious items were found in the vehicle. The incident is reportedly linked to the high level of alert of TFG forces resulting from an increased risk of VBIED attacks.
5,762,882 9.14938 48.42077 Somalia Unknown gunmen shot and killed a politician and a judge Mr. Abdirashid Abdullahi Igge. The Puntland had been working with the Puntland Ministry of Careers, Employment and Sport prior to his appointment as a judge at the Somaliland's Laas Caanood Court of Appeal. On 10/08/2011 Mr. Igge was among 19 people arrested by the Puntland forces during their visit to Taleex and had been consequently sentenced by a Puntland court to five years imprisonment. Khatumo authorities imposed a curfew in Taleex following the assassination.
5,762,886 2.04803 45.32 Somalia A TFG soldier was shot dead in front of his house by a group of unidentified masked men armed with pistols near the Hawl-Wadaag in the morning of 02/03. The perpetrators managed to escape.
5,762,891 2.06777 45.35 Somalia AS fighters conducted a hit-and-run attack against TFG/AMISOM positions in Mogadishu University (Yaaqshiid) in the early morning of 02/03. Casualties could not be established.
5,762,896 2.08438 45.39 Somalia TFG/AMISOM forces launched a small-scale offensive against AS positions in the Livestock Market and Maslah building areas along the Balcad Road in Heliwa District in the morning of 02/03. It is currently unclear if the TFG/AMISOM forces stayed in the locations or pulled back. Casualties could not be established.
5,762,900 3.328 42.21988 Somalia Unidentified military aircraft (probably Kenyan) conducted an air-strike against Irrida location in BuurDhuubo town. Casualties could not be established.
5,762,904 8.47358 47.35441 Somalia Unidentified militias and Somaliland troops on patrol were reportedly engaged in a brief shootout in the area between Tuka-Raq and Gambadha on 02/03. Casualties could not be established.
5,762,908 2.04393 45.3 Somalia A private vehicle coming from Ceelasha exploded while passing in front of the AMISOM base in the Somalia University in the afternoon of 03/03. The driver was killed and a passenger injured. The victim was a prominent Murusade elder who was reported to have been recently openly criticizing the AS movement. Persons close to the victim report that he had spent the day in Ceelasha and that his car had been borrowed during lunch, concluding the exploding device had been planted in his car and that the incident was a targeted assassination.