ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,783,014 4.75 45.2 Somalia Hundreds of residents staged a demonstration in Beled Weyne in the morning of 09/12. The demonstrators were reportedly demanding the arrest of Somali government forces who reportedly killed an army colonel in Kooshin neighbourhood in the night of 08/12. The protestors marched in the streets of Beled Weyne and reportedly burnt tires, and disrupted traffic. No casualties were reported.
5,783,019 9.55975 44.06678 Somalia Police dispersed supporters of UCID (opposition) Party after they gathered at the party's office in Hargeisa on 09/12. The move followed a call made by the party's leaders for nationwide rallies in protest against the blocking of the party's presidential candidate from visiting Gabiley town by the government. Police were also deployed in the party's office in Berbera and Borama, though there was no reported protests in those cities.
5,783,023 2.09955 45.16352 Somalia Somali soldiers manning a checkpoint in Lafoole settlement (6km SE of Afgooye) shot and injured a taxi driver in the afternoon of 09/12. The motive is currently unclear.
5,783,028 2.15 45.116 Somalia Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and injured a tax collector and a civilian man in Xawo Tako neighbourhood (Afgooye) in the night of 09/12. The two men were transferred to Mogadishu for treatment. The perpetrators escaped.
5,783,032 2.78088 45.49682 Somalia Somali government forces shot and injured a woman during food and non-food items distribution in Koongo Village (8km SW of Jowhar) in the afternoon of 09/12. The soldiers reportedly opened fire to disperse the surging crowd. The woman was among the families displaced by recent floods in Jowhar.
5,783,037 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against the new airport in Kismaayo in the evening of 10/12. Neither the Jubaland forces nor the KDF responded to the brief shooting by the al Shabaab fighters. No casualties were reported.
5,806,176 -24.55681 31.52449 South Africa Elsewhere in the greater Bushbuckridge region, thousands of residents marched on the police station in Mkhulu.
5,783,041 0.5172 42.071 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit -and-run attack against government forces in Afmadow in the evening of 10/12. The two sides exchanged small arms fire for about 10 minutes after which the attackers withdrew. No casualties were reported.
5,783,045 1.7087 44.69605 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against Somali government forces in Shalaambood in the evening of 10/12. The fighting lasted for about few minutes after which the attackers withdrew. Casualties could not be established.
5,783,049 2.58778 45.36949 Somalia Two groups of Somali government forces clashed in Qalimow Village (11km NW of Jowhar) in the afternoon of 10/12. The reason behind the clash is currently unclear but unconfirmed reports indicate that the fighting broke out following a dispute over money extorted from public transport vehicles. Two soldiers were killed and another injured in the clash.