| 5,779,337 |
2.0095 |
45.25 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers hurled a hand-grenade against a Somali position in Ceel Dhere neighbourhood (Dharkeynley District) in the night of 31/08. The soldiers opened fire after the blast. The attackers escaped from the scene. No casualties were reported. |
| 5,779,341 |
2.04803 |
45.32 |
Somalia |
|
Two groups forces exchanged fire in Bakara Junction area (Hawl-Wadaag District) in the afternoon of 31/08. The shooting lasted only for a few minutes and did not cause any casualties. |
| 5,779,345 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
Suspected al Shabaab fighters conducted a hit-and-run against a Somali position in the livestock market area (Heliwa District) on 31/08. The clash lasted for a few minutes. Casualties are unknown. |
| 5,806,170 |
-24.55681 |
31.52449 |
South Africa |
|
Elsewhere in the greater Bushbuckridge region, thousands of residents marched on the police station in Acornhoek. |
| 5,779,350 |
2.80316 |
43.07768 |
Somalia |
|
Somali and Ethiopian forces attacked Al Shabaab militias in Korunbod (11km SE of Qansax-Dhere) in the morning of 31/08. Allied forces remained in the village until the evening and were attacked on several occasions by al Shabaab. Casualties are unknown. |
| 5,779,354 |
2.87123 |
43.00434 |
Somalia |
|
ENDF and al Shabaab clash for several hours outside Qansadheer in a location known as Koronbood. Several Ethiopian soldiers are reported killed (not numbers provided), as well as four locals, victims of ENDF shelling. |
| 5,779,358 |
5.53764 |
46.3867 |
Somalia |
|
Gunmen from the Ayr/Yabar Dhowrakace sub-clan reportedly opened indiscriminate fire at a group of ASWJ soldiers and civilians sitting in front of Bar Dhegacade restaurant in Dhusamareeb in the evening of 31/08. The attack was reportedly in revenge to a killing of a member of the Yabar Dhowrakace sub-clan by ASWJ/Sufa militiamen implementing a ban on charcoal production. The ASWJ police commander (Ayr/Yabar Dhowrakece) who was sitting in the restaurant was killed. Another ASWJ/Sufa militiamen was killed and three other civilians injured. The perpetrators managed to escape. ASWJ authorities imposed a night curfew in the town after the incident. |
| 5,779,363 |
4.82821 |
43.65993 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab militiamen reoccupied Qurac Joome village (Ceel Barde District, along Ethiopian border) in the morning of 31/08, days after Somali and Ethiopian forces left the village and returned to Ceel Barde. Al Shabaab militiamen stayed in Qurac Joome until the morning of 01/09. |
| 5,779,366 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
Hundreds of residents in the city of Baidoa in Bay region took to the streets in protest against the agreement that the Somali government signed with officials from Jubbaland. The group wished to retain greater autonomy. |
| 5,779,370 |
2.0735 |
45.28 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers armed with pistols shot and killed a young man and injured two others in the cigarettes and matches factory (Dayniile District) in the evening of 31/08. The victims were reportedly sitting in front of a shop when they were attacked. The perpetrators escaped from the scene. |
