ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,787,490 9.93869 43.18392 Somalia Street vendors staged a demonstration in central Borama after police and municipal council workers tried to evict them from the main market on 13/04. The traders reportedly stoned the police. The operation was launched after the vendors left areas allocated to them and returned to centre of the town where they had been previous evicted from. Police used teargas and live bullets to disperse the vendors. Four people were injured.
5,787,494 1.91674 44.77328 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a private vehicle near Mubaarak Village (30km NE of Qoryooley) in the night of 13/04. Reports indicate that the victims were khat traders and they came from Qoryooley when the incident happened. The motive behind this attack is not known. Unconfirmed numbers of passengers were killed.
5,787,498 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a three-wheeled motorbike carrying khat near Garsala Village (9km SE of Baidoa) in the afternoon of 13/04.Al Shabaab fighters burnt the motorbike and the khat.
5,787,503 6.49698 48.78326 Somalia Militiamen hailing from Dir clan shot and killed three pastoralists-two hailing from Habar Gidir/Sa'ad sub-clan and one from Shekhal-near Afbarwaaqo Village (190km E of Galkacyo) in the morning of 13/04. The killing is reportedly linked to clan revenge between Dir and Sa'ad clans. The perpetrators escaped.
5,787,509 8.95773 46.41109 Somalia A man from Habar Jeclo/Reer Yonis killed a man from Habar Jeclo/Reer Umar in Mashruuca Village (11km NE of Caynabo) on 13/04. The reason for the attack is believed to be related to a land dispute. The perpetrator was arrested on 15/04.
5,787,513 10.62182 47.36813 Somalia Relatives of woman who was a victim of rape reportedly assaulted the lawyer defending the alleged perpetrators using sticks. Police arrested two men who attacked the lawyer.
5,787,518 1.78586 44.5313 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against AMISOM/SNAF positions in Qoryooley in the night of 14/04. The two sides exchanged heavy gunfire including mortars and RPGs for about an hour after which the attackers withdrew. A mortar hit a civilian residence in Qoryooley and killed two children, and injured three other family members. The casualties from the warring sides could not be established.
5,787,522 2.0095 45.25 Somalia Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at Galbeed police station (Dharkeynley District) in the night of 14/04. The device landed inside the police station but did not explode. The attackers escaped.
5,787,528 2.0735 45.28 Somalia Government police (hailing from Habar Gidir) and Murursade clan militias clashed in Ceel Tosbaxle area in Radaarka neighbourhood (Dayniile District) in the afternoon of 14/04. The two sides reportedly engaged in a fierce fighting in which both light and heavy weapons were used. The fighting broke out after police, who were on a mission to evict IDPs from public land, opened fire and injured three civilians. Casualties could not be established. The scene of the fighting is a home to many IDP families.
5,787,532 2.0735 45.28 Somalia Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed government soldier in Raadaarka neighbourhood (Dayniile District) in the night of 14/04. It is remains unclear whether the killing is related to the armed clash in the neighbourhood earlier in the day. The attackers escaped.