| 5,792,123 |
9.74503 |
45.63403 |
Somalia |
|
Vendors staged a demonstration in protest against an alleged decision by the local municipal council to allocate the town's livestock market to investors from the diaspora on 22/08. The demonstration started from the livestock market and ended at the municipal council office. No incident was reported. |
| 5,792,127 |
1.6804 |
44.72268 |
Somalia |
|
Militiamen suspected of being Bimal shot and killed a SNG soldier near Ceel-Jaale Village (7km SW of Marka) in the afternoon of 23/08. The victim had left his base to buy stuff from a nearby shop when he got captured by militia and later executed. The motive behind the killing is unknown. |
| 5,792,131 |
4.35047 |
43.16359 |
Somalia |
|
A group of al Shabaab fighters fired heavy machine guns rounds towards AMISOM base in Rabdhure in the evening of 23/08 and withdrew quickly. The AMISOM forces did not respond to the attack. No casualties were reported. |
| 5,792,135 |
9.55975 |
44.06678 |
Somalia |
|
Two unidentified groups exchange gunfire over the ownership of land in the Jigjig area. No reported causalities. |
| 5,792,140 |
3.80958 |
43.24628 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters fired mortar rounds at Waajid in the night of 23/08. Two of the rounds exploded in an empty area while the other two failed to explode. AMISOM/pro-SNG forces did not respond to the attack. |
| 5,792,144 |
3.85194 |
45.56512 |
Somalia |
|
SNG forces in Bulo Burte protested against three months unpaid salaries in the morning of 23/08. The soldiers complained that they cannot buy food anymore. The soldiers reportedly ordered all business premises to close during the protest. |
| 5,792,147 |
3.85194 |
45.56512 |
Somalia |
|
Residents of Bulo Burte on 23/08 staged a demonstration in protest against AMISOM's failure to open the road towards Beled Weyn which is under AS economic blockade. The demonstrators demanded AMISOM to either open the road or leave the town. They accused AMISOM of establishing a helicopter-landing site to receive their food supplies but doing nothing to help the starving residents due to the AS blockade on the town. AMISOM forces stayed in their base during the protest. |
| 5,792,151 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a woman in Waxaracadde neighbourhood (Heliwa District) in the afternoon of 23/08. The victim used to work as a cook for SNG forces in Mogadishu. It remains unclear where the incident is related to her work with the SNG forces. The perpetrators escaped. |
| 5,936,419 |
-20.85 |
30.2 |
Zimbabwe |
|
|
| 5,792,155 |
3.82816 |
45.68212 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a vehicle transporting khat in Jeexin Village (29km NE of Bulo Burte) in the afternoon of 23/08. Reports indicate that the driver and a passenger were killed in the ambush. The al Shabaab fighters drove the vehicle and its cargo to unknown destination. Al Shabaab banned both the consumption and sale of khat in areas under its control. |
