5,779,997 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
A peaceful demonstration against Brussels conference was held in Baidoa in the morning of 16/09. The rally was organized by the local authority and elders. Bay regional officials and elders addressed the rally and said that they were opposed to the conference. |
5,780,000 |
10.62182 |
47.36813 |
Somalia |
|
A number of people, mostly youths, staged a peaceful demonstration in Ceerigaabo in the afternoon of 16/09 to express their support to the president of Somaliland for laying the foundation stone for the construction of Burao-Ceerigaabo road. The group reportedly chanted pro-Somaliland president slogans during the demonstration. |
5,780,004 |
2.0095 |
45.25 |
Somalia |
|
Soldiers in a convoy of two vehicles fired at IDPs chatting beside the main road at Baar Haraf area close to K 13 (Dharkeynley District) in the evening of 16/09. A soldier in the first vehicle fired two bullets in the air and other soldiers in the second car assumed that they were ambushed and opened fire at the IDPs near the road. Two IDPs (one male and one female) were reportedly killed in the shooting. The convoy then proceeded to Mogadishu. |
5,780,009 |
2.04139 |
45.33372 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified gunmen wearing government military uniform shot and killed a Ayr Clan elder in Mogadishu. |
5,780,013 |
2.06516 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
Security forces raided a sand harvesting centre in Kaabada area (Karaan District) in the afternoon of 16/09. The soldiers are believed to have been directed to the area by two government officers allegedly bribed by contractors to disperse the sand harvesters from the area. Two sand harvesters were reportedly killed and four others were injured in the attack. |
5,780,017 |
0.28189 |
41.71361 |
Somalia |
|
Suspected al Shabaab militiamen reportedly conducted a hit-and-run attack against an AMISOM (Kenya) position in Bilis Qooqani in the evening of 17/09. Casualties are unknown. |
5,780,022 |
2.61945 |
44.89357 |
Somalia |
|
Government forces backed by African Union troops have clash against Al-Shabab at a locality between Yaaqbari Weyne and Wanaweyn in Lower Shabeelle region. The fighting began after Al-Shabab fighters attacked a convoy of Somali army in the area. Causalities reported, no numbers provided. |
5,780,026 |
2.78088 |
45.49682 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified persons threw a hand grenade at a government military base located at the outskirts of Jowhar, causing a number of causalities. Government soldiers opened heavy gunfire after the explosion occurred. |
5,780,029 |
2.06777 |
45.35 |
Somalia |
|
District authorities in Yaaqshiid District organized a demonstration in support of the New Deal conference on 17/09. Local medias report that hundreds of residents attended the event. No incidents were reported. |
5,780,033 |
2.04139 |
45.33372 |
Somalia |
|
Unknown armed gunmen killed a local Somali elder in Mogadishu's KM4 intersection. The motive behind the murder is yet to be established. |