ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,785,352 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia Al Shabaab shells Jubaland positions in Kismayo the evening of 17/02. No causalities reported.
5,785,357 2.04045 45.36 Somalia A RCIED planted in a vehicle belonging to a member of the Banadir regional administration exploded prematurely in Cabdulcasiis District in the morning of 17/02. The official was attending a meeting in a nearby building when the explosion occurred. No casualties were reported.
5,785,361 2.15 45.116 Somalia A RCIED targeted Somali soldiers on foot close to the camel market in K15 area (Mogadishu-Afgooye road) in the afternoon of 17/02. No casualties were reported. The perpetrators escaped from the scene.
5,785,366 4.03035 42.29398 Somalia A RCIED targeted the chairman of Geedweyne village in Geedweyne in the afternoon of 17/02. The man escaped unhurt. No casualties were reported. The perpetrators escaped from the scene.
5,785,371 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia The head of Jubaland intelligence was shot and killed by one of his body guards in Sinai neighbourhood in Kismaayo in the evening of 17/02. Another bodyguard and the victim's driver were also killed. The incident happened as the intelligence's chief was moving in his vehicle with two bodyguards. The killer is reported to be a former al Shabaab member who had defected four months before. Both the killer and the victim hail from the Ogaden/Mohamed Zubeyr sub-clan. The al Shabaab movement had reportedly put a bounty on the head of the intelligence chief. The al Shabaab movement claimed responsibility for the attack. Other reports hold five deaths in the incident.
5,785,375 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia Jubaland forces summarily executed at least nine persons while conducting security operations to find the murderer of the Jubaland head of intelligence on 17 and 18/02.
5,785,379 2.97043 45.53468 Somalia Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a civilian man in Mahadaay in the evening of 17/02. The motive of the killing is unknown. The perpetrators escaped from the scene.
5,930,830 -12.9666 28.6333 Zambia
5,785,384 6.76924 47.43061 Somalia Militiamen hailing from the Majeerteen/Omar Mohamud sub-clan shot and injured a man harvesting sand 4km east of Galkacyo in the morning of 17/02. The shooting was related to a dispute over sand collection. The victim was admitted to Galkacyo main hospital for treatment. The victim is from the same sub-clan as the shooters. The matter was resolved through a traditional mediation process. No arrests were reported.
5,785,388 -0.0128 42.4032 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against AMISOM forces in Janaale Village (14km NW of Marka) in the evening of 18/02. The two sides exchanged gunfire briefly after which the attackers withdrew. Casualties could not be established but villagers reportedly said that four al Shabaab fighters were killed.