ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,792,077 4.1209 44.03645 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters conducted a hit and run attack against SNG forces based in Abaq Beeday (17km E of Xudur) in the mid-night of 21/08. Reports indicate that clash lasted for a few minutes after which the al Shabaab attackers retreated. No casualties were reported.
5,792,081 2.06777 45.35 Somalia A RCIED targeted an AMISOM convoy passing on Fagax Junction near Kaah Hotel (Yaaqshiid District) in the morning of 21/08. A civilian bystander was injured in the blast. AMISOM casualties could not be established. The perpetrators escaped from the scene.
5,792,085 2.08438 45.39 Somalia A publically anti-al Shabaab security official is killed in Heliwa when a explosive attached to his car detonates. Al Shabaab are the suspected perpetrators.
5,792,090 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade to the compound of a LNGO in Farjano. Four staff from an international organization (two national staff and two international) were on the compound attending a meeting. Nobody was harmed. The perpetrators escaped.
5,792,094 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at a house where some members of the SNG-appointed three-state technical committee were staying in Busley neighbourhood (Baidoa) in the night of 21/08. No casualty was reported and the perpetrators escaped.
5,792,100 6.76924 47.43061 Somalia Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and seriously injured a man hailing from the Darood/Geri sub-clan in Garsoor neighbourhood Galkacyo North in the evening of 21/08. The motive of the attempted assassination is unknown but reports suggest that the victim was a former al Shabaab sympathizer. The victim was heading home when the incident happened. The perpetrators escaped.
5,792,106 8.40635 48.48188 Somalia The body of a dead man was found under the east bridge of Garowe in the morning of 21/08. The dead man is believed to belong to Jambeel clan of Harti. There were signs of torture on the corpse. The police took it for further investigation. No one has claimed the responsibility of the killing. The date of the actual crime was either not articulated or not known.
5,792,112 11.28366 49.1806 Somalia A truck from Mudug region was hijacked by Warsangeli militias 35Km South of Bossaso in an unspecified on the morning of 21/08. The vehicle ownership is not yet confirmed but reports indicate it belongs to Hawiye and Omar Mohamud clansmen.
5,792,116 2.62947 44.69768 Somalia A pro-al Shabaab website published a report that al Shabaab fighters targeted AMISOM convoy with a RCIED on the road between Yaaq Biri Weyne (Wanla Weyne District), and Leego (Buur Hakaba District) on 22/08. The website stated that a water tanker was damaged in the explosion but did not report any human casualty.
5,792,120 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia Hundreds of people from the Somali Bantu Wagosha community demonstrate in Kismaayo in protest of killings, arrest and many other forms of alleged mistreatment against the community by Ahmed Madobe's clan administration.