ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,779,961 8.2516 46.31572 Somalia Ethiopia's Liyu police exchanged gunfire with a Dhulbahante man in the vicinity of Xamar Lagu Xidh on 15/09 in an attempt to arrest him. The man was injured in the shoot-out. There are different versions on the motive of the incident. One version suggest that the man was suspected of being a member of al Shabaab or ONLF while other reports indicate that he was a part of a group that killed two ENDF soldiers in Ethiopia's Somali Region and escaped to Somaliland. The Liyuu police returned to their base in the Ethiopian side of the border.
5,779,965 2.04393 45.3 Somalia CID officers detained the spokesman of ASWJ, at the CID headquarters in Hodan District in the morning of 15/09. Reports indicate that the spokesman was arrested after being summoned by the CID. The reason behind his arrest is unclear. Further reports indicate that he was later released.
5,779,969 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia Unidentified body of a boy was found near the city's old water tank (Kismaayo) in the morning of 15/09. The identity and motive of the perpetrators are unknown. Local authorities transported the body to the morgue for identification.
5,779,974 8.40635 48.48188 Somalia An armed man shot at the residence of Puntland's minister of finance in the night of 15/09. The motive is unknown.
5,779,978 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia Jubaland forces clash with al Shabaab elements in Kismayo. The fighting is believed to have caused heavy casualties to the fighting sides but the exact number of casualties is still unknown.
5,780,157 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia Unidentified attackers shot and killed a soldier in Ceel Jilibey area in Berdale neighbourhood (Baidoa) in the night of 22/09. The perpetrators dumped the body of their victim in water well in the neighbourhood. The perpetrators escaped.
5,779,982 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia Jubaland forces shot and killed a soldier who reportedly erected an illegal road-block near the presidential palace in Kismaayo to extort money from vehicles bringing ferrying materials to the port city on 16/09. Reports indicate that the soldier was killed after he opened fire at the soldiers who were removing the road-block.
5,779,986 1.71305 44.76388 Somalia Two groups of pro-SNG militias (not identified) clashed briefly in Buulo-Jaan neighbourhood in Marka in the afternoon of 16/09 after suspecting each other as hostile. No casualties were reported.
5,779,990 1.9833 44.8333 Somalia Somali police and army clashed following an escalated dispute over the control of a check-point used to extort money from public transport vehicles in Aw Dheegle Village (37km SW of Afgooye) in the morning of 16/09. Three combatants were reportedly killed and five others were injured.
5,779,994 2.04803 45.32 Somalia Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at police on foot patrol at Baar Ubah Junction (Hawl-Wadaag District) in the evening of 16/09. The soldiers opened fire after the blast. Two civilian bystanders were reportedly injured in the explosion. The perpetrators managed to escape.