ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,788,083 2.05368 45.05478 Somalia Two groups of Somali forces briefly exchanged gunfire after one group attacked the other to remove an illegal checkpoint in Laanta Buuro area (13km SW of Afgooye) in the morning of 29/04. The roadblock was removed. No casualties reported.
5,788,087 2.1251 45.0318 Somalia Unidentified gunmen shot and killed two soldiers in the vicinity of Mordiinle Village (11km W of Afgooye) in the afternoon of 29/04. The perpetrators took the guns of their victims and escaped.
5,788,091 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a government military convoy in Jiiro Madsheekh Village (35km of Baidoa) in the afternoon of 29/04. One soldier was killed and another wounded in the attack. Al Shabaab casualties could not be established.
5,788,095 3.17055 43.40989 Somalia Government soldiers clash for control of checkpoints in Laanta Buro (near Awdiinle). Casualities/injuries not known.
5,788,100 3.36187 41.84025 Somalia Somali/AMISOM forces and al Shabaab fighters clashed in Gooyaha area near Ceel Gaduud Village (46km SW of Garbahaarey) in the morning of 29/04. The fighting broke out after the allied forces based in Ceel Cadde Village attacked the al Shabaab fighters in the area. One soldier was reportedly killed and three others injured. Casualties from al Shabaab side could not be established.
5,788,104 6.24178 46.3072 Somalia A mini-bus hit a land mine in Dhabad Village (32km E of Cabudwaaq) in the morning of 29/04. Three passengers and the driver were killed and five others injured in the blast.
5,788,108 11.28366 49.1806 Somalia An IED being assembled by a suspected al Shabaab operative exploded prematurely in Raf iyo Raaxo neighbourhood in the night of 29/04. Police sealed off the area and arrested the perpetrator who was injured in the explosion. The nabbing of the suspect led to the arrest of nine other al Shabaab suspects. Further reports indicate that three of the suspects are women. Conflicting reports hold the explosion occurred on 28/04.
5,788,113 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a civilian in Via Afmadow neighbourhood in Kismaayo in the evening of 29/04. The motive is reportedly a clan revenge killing. The perpetrators escaped. The man was killed an hour after two Jubaland soldiers were killed in the same neighbourhood.
5,788,117 1.7087 44.69605 Somalia An unidentified helicopter reportedly attacked a van carrying al Shabaab fighters in an area near Shalaambood Village in Marka District in the afternoon of 30/04. Casualties are unknown. Reports indicate the helicopter came from the direction of the Indian Ocean.
5,788,121 2.1353 45.0568 Somalia Two groups of Somali forces exchanged fire over the control of an illegal checkpoint in Mareerey Village (7km W of Afgooye) in the morning of 30/04. No casualties reported.