| 5,791,359 |
-1.01333 |
42.03067 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters fired mortar rounds at the positions of Jubaland forces based in Mudawa Island (96km SW of Kismaayo) in the morning and afternoon of 27/07. No casualties were reported but reports indicate that a number of houses were destroyed. |
| 5,791,364 |
2.06777 |
45.35 |
Somalia |
|
The convoy of Mayor/Governor Mungab was targeted with an RCIED (most likely a VBIED) which exploded as his convoy passed the area of Hotel Lafa-weyn. Mayor/Governor Mungab, who was travelling in a special armoured vehicle, survived the assassination attempt but his vehicle was damaged. Two Security forces travelling in the convoy were killed by the explosion. |
| 5,791,369 |
2.06777 |
45.35 |
Somalia |
|
Three unidentified gunmen armed with pistols have killed a former Al-Shabaab officer in Mogadishu's Yaaqshid District. The gunmen shot dead their former who had earlier defected to the federal government of Somalia at a place very close to Mogadishu's Yaaqshid District police station. |
| 5,791,373 |
2.02053 |
45.28967 |
Somalia |
|
A number of Somali government soldiers were last night killed in various incidents in Mogadishu districts of Wardhigley and Wadajir (Medina). The first soldier was gunned down in the neighbourhood of Hararyaale. The men who are armed with pistols shot dead the soldier as he was walking along a street in the area. The second soldier is also said to have been killed behind Madina Hospital and was shot in the upper body several times. Al Shabaab is suspected. |
| 5,791,377 |
2.05492 |
45.33 |
Somalia |
|
A number of Somali government soldiers were last night killed in various incidents in Mogadishu districts of Wardhigley and Wadajir (Medina). The first soldier was gunned down in the neighbourhood of Hararyaale. The men who are armed with pistols shot dead the soldier as he was walking along a street in the area. The second soldier is also said to have been killed behind Madina Hospital and was shot in the upper body several times. Al Shabaab is suspected. |
| 5,791,381 |
3.21437 |
43.19805 |
Somalia |
|
Three combatants have been killed and many others injured as Al-Shabaab fighters attacked government forces in south-western Somali town of Bardaale. Exact date not clear. |
| 5,791,385 |
2.04045 |
45.36 |
Somalia |
|
A car is discovered by security forces loaded with explosives at Liido Beach (Cabdulcasis District) and detonated in a safe manner. The explosives were found at a time when the beach was crowded. Discovery occurred on or around 29/07. |
| 5,791,389 |
9.55975 |
44.06678 |
Somalia |
|
A group of men entered the premise of Ogaal-a local Somalia newspaper in Hargeisa in the evening of 29/07 and threatened journalists. One of the men was reportedly armed with a pistol. The group warned the journalists against publishing reports against the government and the minister in the office of the president. |
| 5,797,545 |
2.80488 |
44.08205 |
Somalia |
|
Al-Shabaab forces in Bay region ambushed an Ethiopian-AMISOM military convoy on the outskirts of Buur Hakaba district on 14 February. The attack resulted in the death of one Ethiopian soldier. |
| 5,791,393 |
-0.32566 |
42.27988 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters seized a vehicle transporting charcoal destined for Kismaayo in the outskirts of Abdi-Dhore Village (30km W Kismaayo) on 29/07. The al Shaaab fighters beheaded the driver and burnt the vehicle and its cargo. The body of the driver was dumped on the road to Kismaayo. |
