ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,791,954 9.55975 44.06678 Somalia Police fired in the air to disperse a group of youths who started throwing stones at a hotel where a graduation ceremony of a local school was ongoing in the evening of 17/08. The youth gang started throwing stones after police denied them access to the venue. Four policemen were injured in the incident. Police arrested seven of the youths.
5,791,959 4.5109 44.8165 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters ambushed the convoy of Hiraan governor near Buq Goosaar Village (51km SW of Beled Weyne) in the morning of 17/08. A staff of Hiraan region's administration was injured in the attack. The governor was accompanied by local officials and was on a mission to establish administrations in villages seized from al Shabaab fighters by AMISOM/SNG forces.
5,791,964 2.01951 45.31 Somalia Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at the car of Waberi District Commissioner at Buundo Koowaad area (Waberi District) in the evening of 18/08. His bodyguards opened fire after the explosion. No casualties were reported and the perpetrators escaped.
5,791,968 2.39733 45.02131 Somalia Two groups of SNG forces exchanged gunfire over the control of an illegal checkpoint in Warmahan Village (30km NW of Afgooye) in the morning of 18/08. No casualties were reported.
5,791,972 4.65167 47.85837 Somalia Al Shabaab clashes with a group of Xarardheere residents when the villagers refuse to pay extortion payments to the sect. Two al Shabaab killed, "scores" injured.
5,791,977 1.75138 44.52123 Somalia SNG/AMISOM forces took over control of Farxaane, Ay Aarta and Bandar villages (Qoryooley District) on 18/08. No reported clash or violence. AMISOM also deployed additional troops in Qoryooley frontline. The take-over and the fresh deployment is believed to part of preparations by AMISOM/SNG force offensive against Buulo Mareer (29 Km SW of Marka) which is under the control of al Shabaab.
5,791,982 1.76801 44.50118 Somalia SNG/AMISOM forces took over control of Farxaane, Ay Aarta and Bandar villages (Qoryooley District) on 18/08. No reported clash or violence. AMISOM also deployed additional troops in Qoryooley frontline. The take-over and the fresh deployment is believed to part of preparations by AMISOM/SNG force offensive against Buulo Mareer (29 Km SW of Marka) which is under the control of al Shabaab.
5,791,987 1.78578 44.44217 Somalia SNG/AMISOM forces took over control of Farxaane, Ay Aarta and Bandar villages (Qoryooley District) on 18/08. No reported clash or violence. AMISOM also deployed additional troops in Qoryooley frontline. The take-over and the fresh deployment is believed to part of preparations by AMISOM/SNG force offensive against Buulo Mareer (29 Km SW of Marka) which is under the control of al Shabaab.
5,794,240 1.8609 44.8626 Somalia Suspected Bimal militias shot and killed a driver hailing from Garre clan in Kali-Caafimaad (20km NE of Marka) in the afternoon of 31/10. The motive is unknown.
5,791,991 9.74503 45.63403 Somalia A demonstration in protest against the arrest of traditional elders from Abdala Arab sub-clan took place in Burao on 18/08. The protestors reportedly burnt tires and closed the road during the protest. Police shot in the air to disperse the demonstrators. No casualty reported.