ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,782,594 2.04393 45.3 Somalia Al-Shabab fighters carry out two consecutive attacks, targeting a building housing the Iranian embassy in Seybiyaano neighbourhood, Hodan district during the night of 25 November. Reports of casualties are not yet known, but this is the first time al Shabaab have targeted a Shi'a establishment in Somalia. Radio Andalus is pro al Shabaab.
5,782,598 2.04393 45.3 Somalia Unidentified attackers threw two hand grenades at a building occupied by an INGO in K6 area (Hodan District) in the evening of 25/11. The motive is unknown. Two bystanders were reportedly injured in the blast. The attackers escaped.
5,782,602 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia A police officer shot and injured a security guard working for an INGO near Baidoa police headquarters in the morning of 26/11 over unconfirmed reason, probably related to dispute over employment by the INGO.
5,782,607 4.56583 45.22472 Somalia Al Shabaab launched a hit-and- run attack against AMISOM/Somali government forces' position in Luuq Jeelow Village (21km SE of Beled Weyne) in the night of 26/11. The two sides used both light and heavy weapons during the clash which lasted for about 20 minutes after which the al Shabaab fighters withdrew. At least two government soldiers were reportedly injured in the clash. Al Shabaab casualties could not be established.
5,782,611 4.75 45.2 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against AMISOM base at the airstrip in Beled Weyne in the evening of 26/11. AMISOM forces did not respond to the attack. No casualties were reported.
5,782,615 11.28366 49.1806 Somalia Security guards manning a hotel in Suweyto neighbourhood (Bosasso) shot in the air to prevent a group of businessmen from storming the hotel in the afternoon of 26/11. The businessmen reportedly wanted to seize Yemeni businessmen for not paying them for their livestock exported to Yemen.
5,782,619 9.55975 44.06678 Somalia Police arrested four officials of Wadani (Somaliland National) Party in Hargeisa over the course of two days - 26-27/11. The motive of the arrest is currently unclear. In response the party's supporters staged a demonstration in protest against the arrest of the officials.
5,782,623 2.35 45.3833 Somalia Armed men dressed in government military uniforms opened fire at a public service mini-bus near Balcad in the afternoon of 26/11 after the driver reportedly ignored instructions to stop. The incident may have been an attempt at robbery. Three passengers-two men and a woman-were reportedly killed in the attack.
5,782,705 2.80975 45.53634 Somalia Shidle militiamen shot and killed two men - an Abgal and a Baadi Cadde-in Timire Village (5km NE of Jowhar) in the midday of 28/11. Reports indicate the victims were looking for maize and Sesame to loot when the incident happened. The killing comes a day after elders from Abgal and Shidle clans reached an agreement to end hostility among the two groups.
5,782,628 6.76924 47.43061 Somalia Three Sa'ad militia men carjacked a vehicle rented by a UN agency in an area 4km south of Galmudug check point in Galkacyo South in the morning of 26/11. There was one UN agency staff on board who was travelling to Cadaado on a mission. The militia men forced the vehicle to an isolated area 15km east of South Galkacyo and stole personal items from the staff and the driver, before taking the vehicle to unknown location. The driver and the staff member managed to return to Galkacyo. The driver hails from Marehan clan and according to the Galmudug police which launched investigation, the incident is related to Saad/Marehan clan revenge.