| 5,778,857 |
11.3539 |
43.4731 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers assaulted the director of Seylac using sticks as he walked home in the night of 21/08. The motive of the attack is currently unknown. This is the second time the director was attacked this year. The victim was taken to Djibouti for treatment. |
| 5,778,862 |
-0.0128 |
42.4032 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab forces launch an attack against allied bases in Janaale, sparking a heavy two day battle. No casualties have been confirmed yet but residents say that both fighting groups have incurred death and injury. |
| 5,778,866 |
1.71305 |
44.76388 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab attacks a group of Somali soldiers. Causalities not known. |
| 5,778,870 |
4.75 |
45.2 |
Somalia |
|
Suspected al Shabaab launched a hit and run attack against an ENDF position in Janta Kundishe Village (3km E of Beled Weyne) in the evening of 22/08. The two side exchanged gunfire for about 15 minutes after which attackers withdrew. Casualties from both sides could not be established. |
| 5,778,874 |
9.50694 |
49.08608 |
Somalia |
|
Four gunmen from Osman Mohamud/Bah Yacqub sub-clan carjacked a Toyota pick-up belonging to Qardho police station in Xorgoble neighbourhood (Qardho) in the night of 22/08. The gunmen fired several shot at the car during the incident and injured the commander of Qardho police station, who is a member of Osman Mohamud. The gunmen then drove the vehicle towards Balidhidin Village(87km SE of Qandala). Reports on 27/08 indicate that the gunmen sold the vehicle to a prominent pirate hailing from Majeerten/Ali Saleeban in Balidhidin Village (87km SE of Qandala). |
| 5,778,878 |
-0.36029 |
42.54626 |
Somalia |
|
Raskamboni forces expel Kismayo residents from their homes and move them outside the city. |
| 5,778,882 |
1.1132 |
44.0297 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab bans the presence of the "takfir" sect in Baraawe. |
| 5,778,898 |
2.0735 |
45.28 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed an Imam of a local Mosque in 77 Settlement area (Dayniile District) in the morning of 22/08. The Imam was killed as he headed to the mosque to lead the dawn prayer. The motive is unknown. The perpetrators escaped. This is the first time that an Imam was targeted in Mogadishu. |
| 5,778,903 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
The residence of the chairman of Bay regional court is targeted with a hand grenade. No report of injury. |
| 5,778,907 |
4.75 |
45.2 |
Somalia |
|
A soldier shot and killed a teenager in Ceel Jaale neighbourhood (Beled Weyne) in the afternoon of 22/08 after a group of teenagers tried to forcefully enter a conference hall where a clan meeting was taking place. Police arrested the perpetrator. |
