5,786,895 |
10.0097 |
47.4821 |
Somalia |
|
A man hailing from the Habar-Yonis/Mohamud Hamud sub-clan shot and killed a member of the Habar Jeclo/Basanbuur sub-clan in Ceeryaan village in the morning of 27/03. The killing was in revenge of a previous killing involving the same sub-clans that had occurred on 22/03 and that was related to a dispute over resources and power sharing in the area. The perpetrator escaped from the scene. |
5,786,899 |
-0.0128 |
42.4032 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab militiamen ambushed a Somali military convoy on the outskirts of Janaale on 28/03. The forces were moving from Janaale to Qoryooley |
5,786,903 |
1.78586 |
44.5313 |
Somalia |
|
Government and al Shabaab forces again clash in Qoryooley. A battle began after al Shabab forces attacked a government building housing military forces. Casualities not known. |
5,786,907 |
-0.36029 |
42.54626 |
Somalia |
|
A civilian was reportedly killed and three others injured following a landmine explosion targeting AU Mission in Somalia [AMISOM] forces at Dalcada neighbourhood in Kismaayo. Eyewitnesses told the local media that the casualties were caused by the ensuing exchange of fire between militants and AMISOM troops after the explosion. |
5,786,910 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
Hundreds of people staged a demonstration against the election of the president of the three-region states in the Baidoa stadium in the morning of 27/03. Reports indicate that the protestors were chanting slogans against the Somali National Government and the former speaker of the parliament Mr. Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan. The protest continued on 28/03. |
5,786,913 |
9.74503 |
45.63403 |
Somalia |
|
Several Muslim clerics reportedly conducted sermons denouncing some NGO programs against Female Genital Mutilations (FGM) during Friday prayers in Burco on 28/03. While stating that FGM was against Islam the clerics explained that Christian ideology was behind anti-FGM programs conducted by a specific LNGO. The sermons had been reportedly triggered by the installation of anti-FGM banners by a LNGO in the town, some of which being judged offensive or ambiguous by the clerics. People attending the sermons went to the streets to remove these banners. Other banners that were judged conform to Islam were left in place. |
5,786,917 |
1.1132 |
44.0297 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab executed three in Baraawe after accusing them of spying for government forces. |
5,786,921 |
1.71305 |
44.76388 |
Somalia |
|
Four unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a well-known businessman in Ruusiya neighbourhood in Marka in the evening of 28/03. The motive behind the killing is unknown. Reports indicate that a civilian bystander was also injured. The perpetrators escaped from the scene. |
5,787,017 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
A RCIED targeted an AMISOM convoy passing in Biyo Degaanka neighbourhood (Heliwa District) in the morning of 30/03. Casualties are unknown. The perpetrators escaped from the scene. |
5,786,925 |
7.61667 |
47.83333 |
Somalia |
|
Militiamen hailing from the Majeerteen/Omar Mohamud sub-clan carjacked two lorries belonging to members of the Marehan and Ogaden clans travelling from Bosasso towards Ethiopia's Somali region near Burtinle in the night of 27-28/03. The two trucks were taken to Ballisbule in Jariban District. The theft is reportedly in revenge to the carjacking of another lorry belonging to a member of the Omar Mohamud Sub-clan in Ethiopia's Somali region in 2013. The two lorries were released on 30/03 after the intervention of elders from the Omar Mohamud sub-clan. |