ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,795,235 2.08438 45.39 Somalia SNG police and NISA forces exchanged gunfire at Ex-Control Balcad area (Heliwa District) in the morning of 03/12 after they suspected the other as hostile. No casualties were reported.
5,794,582 2.02053 45.28967 Somalia Unidentified armed men in a vehicle killed the Deputy District Commissioner of Hawl-wadaag District and three of his bodyguards after opening fire on his car in Suuq Weyne Area in Wadajir (Medina) District in the morning of 12/11. The perpetrators escaped from the scene shortly after the incident.
5,794,586 3.25131 43.5443 Somalia SNG forces conducting a security operation in Haween village (18km NW of Baidoa) clashed with al Shabaab fighters in the morning of 12/11. Both sides briefly exchanged gunfire after which the al Shabaab fighters withdrew. The SNG soldiers returned to their base in Baidoa. One SNG soldier was killed. Casualties from al Shabaab side could not be established.
5,794,590 3.31817 43.47315 Somalia Military forces kill a al Shabaab zagat (tax) collector and four other of the sect's members in Goof Guduud. Date not known - source dated 14/11.
5,794,593 3.328 42.21988 Somalia Residents of Garbahareey staged a peaceful demonstration to express their support to the prime minister in the morning of 12/11. The protestors matched in the street of the town chanting slogan anti SNG president. The protest ended peacefully.
5,794,597 9.42333 45.69139 Somalia A group of casual workers staged a violent demonstration in Yiroowe village (12km E of Burco) on 12/11, following after the local authority gave permit to local company of collecting building materials in the area. The protestors use to collect stones in the area for building and later sell it. The protestors burnt tires in the streets. Police arrived at the scene and arrested about 30 protestors.
5,794,600 10.32536 42.83736 Somalia A group of resident of Xariirad (56km NW of Borama) staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the local authorities on 12/11, to protest against the perceived lack of response to water scarcity in the town. Officials from water agency in the town addressed the crowd and promised that they will solve the problem.
5,794,604 1.319 44.1622 Somalia Suspected al Shabaab fighters ambushed a mini-bus ferrying Khat near Eeriile village (28km NE of Baraawe) in the afternoon of 12/11. The suspected al Shabaab burnt down the vehicle and its cargo. The driver was killed and three others were injured.
5,794,608 3.1005 43.7234 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a public mini-bus in Gasarta village (8km SE of Baidoa) in the morning of 12/11. Reports indicate that some of the passengers were SNG soldiers. One passenger was killed and two others were injured. It's not clear whether the target was SNG soldiers or civilians.
5,794,612 3.17055 43.40989 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters have launched attacks in south western Somalia town of Awdinle some 15 kilometres away from Baydhabo. Causalities, date not known - source dated 13/11.