| 5,772,068 |
2.96473 |
45.51236 |
Somalia |
|
A small reconnaissance unit of AMISOM and Somali forces overtake two al Shabaab controlled villages with very little if any resistance. |
| 5,771,697 |
11.28366 |
49.1806 |
Somalia |
|
On 05/02 at about 10:30 a demonstration against the Puntland President and the extension of his mandate was organized by members of the opposition in Bosasso. About 150 persons initially gathered in the western side of the city and started marching towards its centre. In the course of the protest the demonstrators marched through Laanta hawada, Gaaca, Hafatul Arab, Raf-iyo-Raho and Golis areas of Bosasso. Police were on the scene and fired into the air to disperse the group. The demonstration lasted about an hour. |
| 5,771,701 |
2.04139 |
45.33372 |
Somalia |
|
A Somali journalist is arrested and held without charge for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter. The reporter is held for at least a week. |
| 5,771,705 |
2.80488 |
44.08205 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab shot and killed a civilian man in Dolandole village (Buur Xakaba District) on 05/02 after the man reportedly tried to prevent al Shabaab fighters from burning a truck of charcoal he was planning to transport. |
| 5,771,709 |
2.06777 |
45.35 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at a group of soldiers manning a security outpost in Tokiyo neighbourhood (Yaaqshiid District) in the evening of 06/02. The grenade missed the intended target and landed at a house nearby. Two civilians, in the house, were injured in the explosion. |
| 5,771,713 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters attacked government forces in Biyo Degaanka area of Heliwa District in the night of 06/02. The two sides exchanged gunfire for about 20 minutes. Casualties could not be established. |
| 5,771,717 |
2.6722 |
41.3225 |
Somalia |
|
Anti-al Shabaab forces attacked al Shabaab position in an area about 25kms east of Buusaar village in Ceel Waaq District in the afternoon of 06/02. Eight al Shabaab fighters and two anti-al Shabaab soldiers were reportedly killed and an al Shabaab battlewagon destroyed in the attack. |
| 5,771,721 |
4.30141 |
43.90898 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters ambushed an Ethiopian military convoy in Aboore village (20km N of Xudur) in the morning of 06/02. The ENDF convoy, which was ferrying logistical supplies to the ENDF forces, had left Ceel Barde and was heading to Xudur when the attack took place. |
| 5,771,728 |
10.72 |
48.35 |
Somalia |
|
Militiamen from Warsangeli-Husen Isse clashed with Puntland forces protecting officials of the Horseed party in Badhan town in Ceerigaabo District on 06/02. The fighting broke out after members of the Warsangeli-Husen Isse sub-clan claimed that their clan had not been given slots in the central committee of the Horseed Party. A civilian woman is killed and another injured in the struggle. |
| 5,771,732 |
1.74928 |
44.74372 |
Somalia |
|
An IED targeted a military convoy in Buufow Bacaad village along the Mogadishu-Marka road in Marka District in the morning of 06/02. The soldiers responded by opening fire. Unconfirmed reports indicate that a number of soldiers were killed and others were injured in the blast. |
