ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,781,669 1.71305 44.76388 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against Somali government force's base in Ceel-Jaale in the evening of 02/10/2013. The clash lasted for about 10 minutes. Casualties could not be established.
5,781,673 2.02053 45.28967 Somalia NSA forces conducted a security operation targeting a specific house in Nasteexo neighbourhood (Wadajir District) in the evening of 02/11. Security forces exchanged fire with, and killed a gunman in the course of the operation. Five persons including a madrassa teacher were arrested.
5,781,677 2.04139 45.33372 Somalia Somalia's Criminal Investigation Department headquarters' guards shoot dead a luxury vehicle driver after he refused to stop. The car was suspected to be planning suicide explosion attack against the headquarters.
5,781,681 2.06777 45.35 Somalia Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a Somali soldier close to the ex-Pasta factory (Yaaqshiid District) in the afternoon of 02/11. The motive of the killing is unknown. The perpetrators escaped from the scene.
5,781,686 3.79999 42.54459 Somalia Two groups of pro-Somali militiamen from the Marehan/Reer Hassan and Rahanweyn/Moalim Weyne sub-clans clashed in Luuq District on 02/11. A Marehan militiaman and a Rahanweyn civilian were reportedly killed. Tensions between the two groups erupted after the death of a Marehan/Reer Hassan militiamen who had been injured during an operation that was targeting Rahanweyn/Moalim Weyne militiamen who had abandoned their positions around Luuq due to the non-payment of their salaries. Reports further indicate that Ethiopian military commanders intervened and arrested an unknown number of militiamen from the two sides.
5,781,690 6.24178 46.3072 Somalia Marehan militia and Ethiopia's Liyuu police clashed in Barkada Ina Odowa Village in Cabuud Waaq District on 01-02/11. The fighting was triggered by the arrest of members of Marehan clan by the Liyuu police. Seven militiamen were killed and five others were injured. Casualties from the Liyuu police side could not be established. The dead body of a person detained by the Liyuu police was later found in the bush on 03/11.
5,782,369 2.40735 42.97655 Somalia A man, who was kidnapped by al Shabaab elements in September, dies under torture from his captors. The identity of the man is not known.
5,781,699 9.55975 44.06678 Somalia Police dispersed a large group of people who had gathered in front of the Kulmiye (ruling) Party headquarter in Sha'ab area in the morning of 02/11. The gathering follows the current internal struggle for power and control within the party. The minister of finance and the current interim chairman of the party are competing for the post of the party's chairman.
5,781,702 9.74503 45.63403 Somalia The drivers were protesting against the failure by the water agency to repair water generators of bore holes where they used to draw water for sale, resulting in acute water shortage in Burao.
5,781,708 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia A family of five - father, mother and three children - were killed in Garsala village (9km E of Baidoa) by unknown gunmen in the night of 02/11. The bodies were discovered by neighbours in the early morning of the following day. It is rumoured that the killing is connected to a long-standing land dispute between the Hariin and Leysan sub-clans of Rahanweyn, which goes back up to Siyaad Barre's time. The killed family was from the Leysan sub-clan.