| 5,785,596 |
2.97043 |
45.53468 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab forces launch an overnight attack on Somali forces in Mahaday. Two soldiers were injured in the clash. AL Shabaab casualty could not be established. |
| 5,785,600 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at a hotel where some MPs stay in Berdale neighbourhood (Baidoa) in the night of 23/02. Three guards were reportedly injured in the blast. The perpetrators escaped. |
| 5,785,604 |
7.05 |
47.1417 |
Somalia |
|
The police commander of Galdogob District was shot and killed by one his body guards in the afternoon of 23/02. The commander was killed during an exchange of gunfire with the body guard. Both the commander and the perpetrator hail from Leelkase sub-clan. Reports indicate that the commander was in the past threatened by an unidentified caller. Other bodyguards managed to arrest the perpetrator. |
| 5,785,609 |
-0.36029 |
42.54626 |
Somalia |
|
A RCIED targeted a vehicle belonging to Jubaland minister of finance in Via Afmadow neighbourhood (Kismaayo) in the morning of 23/02. The minister was not in the car by the time of the incident. No human casualties were reported but the vehicle was badly damaged. This was the second time in two days that officials are targeted at the same place by a RCIED. Jubaland forces conducted a security operation after the blast and arrested more than 20 people in connection with the blast. |
| 5,785,613 |
2.66317 |
44.69792 |
Somalia |
|
AMISOM forces in Balli Doogle come under mortar fire during the nighttime hours. Causalities not reported. |
| 5,931,438 |
-13.4333 |
27.75 |
Zambia |
|
2 police injured |
| 5,785,619 |
3.85375 |
45.56744 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab authorities in Buulo Burte on 23/02 organized a public rally at the town's Independence Park. Al Shabaab officials urged the community to support the Mujahidin in defending the town from possible attacks from AMISOM (ENDF) and pro-Somali forces. |
| 5,785,623 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a lorry near Haween Village (19km NW of Baidoa) in the morning of 23/02. One passenger was killed and another wounded. The motive of the ambush is currently unclear. |
| 5,785,627 |
0.40627 |
41.01238 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters ambushed an AMISOM (Sierra Leone) convoy in an area between Dhoobley and Tabta villages (118km SW and 75km SW Afmadow) in the midday of 24/02. The two sides exchanged heavy gunfire. Casualties could not be established. |
| 5,785,631 |
3.31817 |
43.47315 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against Somali forces Goof-Gaduud Village (25km SW of Baidoa) in the night of 24/02. The two sides exchanged gunfire briefly after which the attackers withdrew. No casualties reported. |
