ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,794,206 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a car transporting mira in Burjeedka (8kms SE of Baidoa), in the afternoon of 29/10. The al Shabaab fighters opened fire on the car, killing a young boy and slightly wounding a woman, who was the owner of the mira. The woman and the driver managed to get off the car and escaped towards Baidoa town, where they later got assistance from a car that transported her to Baidoa hospital for treatment. Al Shabaab fighters seized the car with the mira and burnt it to ashes.
5,794,210 2.04139 45.33372 Somalia The SNG commissioner of police is discovered dead under mysterious circumstances on 30/10. Date of death not known.
5,794,214 3.38342 45.59693 Somalia SNG forces attacked a group of al Shabaab fighters mobilizing themselves in the outskirt of Jalalaqsi town in the night of 30/10. The two sides exchanged gunfire for about 20 minutes after which the al Shabaab fighters withdrew. Four al Shabaab fighters were killed in the clash.
5,794,218 1.71305 44.76388 Somalia RCIED targeted AMISOM troops on foot patrol in Sheekh Abroone neighbourhood in Marka in the morning of 30/10. The soldiers started shelling Ruusiya and Sheekh Abroone neighbourhoods after the blast. Two civilians were killed and more than eight others injured.
5,794,223 2.08438 45.39 Somalia On 30 October, a powerful explosion occurred at the junction of Ex-Control Balcad in Mogadishu's Hiliwaa district and caused death and injuries, which were not numbered. The explosion targeted one of the district commissioners of Banaadir region according to our sources and eyewitnesses.
5,794,227 2.78088 45.49682 Somalia Suspected al Shabaab target a group of "apostate militiamen" with an explosive, killing three. Radio Andalus is pro-al Shabaab.
5,794,231 10.43959 45.01432 Somalia Gunmen from Habarjeclo clan clashed with casual labours from Essa Muse sub clan constructing animal quarantine in the area of livestock yard neighbourhood (Berbera) on 03/11, following a dispute over the local animal trade. The ongoing animal quarantine owners and the casual labours apparently mobilized their militias for possible attack against the gunmen from Habarjeclo. Berbera local authority reportedly deployed a large number of security forces including police and army in the area to create a buffer zone and disperse the armed militias. Three men from Essa Muse casual labours were allegedly injured.
5,794,235 1.1132 44.0297 Somalia RCIED targeted a group of SNG soldiers in a teashop in Baraawe in the morning of 31/10. The RCIED was probably planted in the teashop and detonated by use of a remote-control. Two SNG soldiers were killed and another injured in the explosion. SNG forces conducted a security operation after blast and arrested a number of suspects.
5,915,047 2.76667 32.30556 Uganda 5 soldiers killed in road ambush
5,794,244 3.0124 43.5427 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a tri-motor cycle transporting khat in Huburka Village (18kms SE of Baidoa) in the afternoon of 31/10. The driver was injured in the shooting but managed to escape to AMISOM base in Goof Gaduud Shabeelow Village, 7km away. The al Shabaab fighters burned the tri-motor cycle and its cargo. The tri-cycle had left Baidoa and was heading to Ali Mumin and Xagarka villages in Baidoa District when the incident happened.