ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,783,937 2.06777 45.35 Somalia An IED targeted Yaaqshid District Commissioner during the early morning hours of 05/01. Military forces conducted a security operation following the explosion. No causalities reported.
5,783,940 8.47358 47.35441 Somalia A group of water bowser drivers and other public transports staged a peaceful demonstration in Laas Caanood on 05/01. The protest followed after the government imposed heavy tax on water delivered by water bowsers. Reports indicate that the demonstrators had parked their cars outskirt of the town and suspended water supply to the town.
5,783,944 0.4833 42.7666 Somalia Al Shabaab forces kidnap a LNGO staff member near Jilib.
5,783,949 2.0735 45.28 Somalia Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at the residence of the Deputy Chairman of Social Affairs for Dayniile District Administration in the evening of 5/1. Soldiers in the area opened fire after the blast. No casualties were reported. The perpetrators manage to escape.
5,783,953 2.08438 45.39 Somalia Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a government soldier in Daryeel market (Heliwa District) in the evening of 06/01. Other soldiers in the area arrived at the scene and conducted operation but made no arrest. The perpetrators escaped.
5,783,959 9.74503 45.63403 Somalia Two men hailing from Habar Yonis/Reer Wayd exchanged gunfire following an escalated dispute over land in Farah Omar neighbourhood in Burao on 06/01. Police arrested both suspects. Reports indicate that one them is a police officer.
5,783,963 2.04555 45.34 Somalia Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a Somali government soldier in Siinay neighbourhood (Boondheere District) in the afternoon of 07/01. The reason behind his killing is not clear. The attackers escaped.
5,783,967 2.04139 45.33372 Somalia A car bomb killed a former local district official at Tarabuunka junction. It is not clear if the former official was the target of the blast.
5,783,971 2.06777 45.35 Somalia A RCIED targeted Somali forces in Toyota car in Caymiska neighbourhood (Yaaqshiid District) in the night of 07/01. Casualties could not be established. The perpetrators escaped.
5,783,974 8.2516 46.31572 Somalia Hundreds of people staged a peaceful demonstration in Xabado Stadium (Buuhoodle) in the morning of 07/01. Reports indicate that the demonstrators' were protesting against previous demonstrations supporting the newly Puntland elected MPs hailing Buuhoodle.They also expressed their opposition to the defection of Ahmed Karash (one of the Khatumo leaders) to Puntland as well as new Somaliland political influence for starting road project from Caynabo to Buuhoodle. The protestors chanted anti-Somaliland and Puntland slogans.