ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,794,739 2.80488 44.08205 Somalia Three al Shabaab fighters armed with pistols shot and killed a SNG soldier in Buur Hakaba in the morning of 17/11 and took his gun. The perpetrators escaped.
5,794,743 3.17055 43.40989 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters carried out hit-and-run attack against SNG forces in Aawdiinle Village (27kms NW of Baidoa) in the night of 17/11. The two sides exchanged gunfire briefly after which the al Shabaab fighters withdrew. No casualties were reported.
5,794,747 4.28333 45.73333 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters and Xawadle herders clashed in Habiino Village near Maxaas (84km NE of Bulo Burte) in the evening of 17/11. The fighting broke out after the pastoralists refused to pay Zakat demanded by the al Shabaab fighters. The two sides exchanged gunfire for about 40 minutes after which the clan militia was forced to withdraw. Two combatants were killed and two others injured.
5,794,751 4.39202 46.0884 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters and Xawadle clan herders clashed in Cunati (40km W of near Maxaas) in Bulo Burte District in the evening of 17/11. The fighting broke out after the pastoralists refused to pay Zakat demanded by the al Shabaab fighters. The two sides exchanged gunfire for about an hour. Four combatants were killed and four others injured.
5,794,756 1.63335 44.52252 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched an attack against AMISOM/SNG forces in Buulo Mareer (29km SW of Marka) in the morning of 17/11. Two soldiers reported killed in the fighting (Somali Memo). Reliable sources said that Al-Shabab fighters seized most of Buulo Mareer's neighbourhoods for hours as the [AMISOM] troops defended their bases. (Somali Memo)
5,794,761 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia A large number of people took to the streets of Baidoa in the morning of 17/11 in protest against the planned election of SW3 president. The protesters, mostly supporters of SW6, burnt tires in front of the main police station, the general hospital and Afar Irdoodka Junction. The demonstration comes at a time delegates attending the SW3 conference are preparing to elect the president of Southwest Somali state. A teenage boy was killed and two others injured after SW3 militia reportedly opened fire at the demonstrators.
5,794,767 3.72838 42.91011 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters killed a woman hailing from Rahaweyne/Malim Weyne in Ceel Boon Village (40km SE of Luuq) in the evening of 17/11. The woman was married to an al Shabaab operative and she was allegedly killed for contacting a SNG soldier who happens to be her relative.
5,794,771 1.92328 45.10225 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against AMISOM forces based in Ceelasha Biyaha settelement (12km SE of Afgooye) in the night of 18/11. The two sides exchanged gunfire for about ten minutes after which the al Shabaab attackers withdrew. Casualties could not be established.
5,794,775 2.0095 45.25 Somalia Two herdsmen exchanged gunfire following a dispute over a piece of grazing land in the Garasbaley settlement in the outskirts of Dharkeyleyn District in the afternoon of 18/11. No casualty reported.
5,794,780 4.01035 45.68126 Somalia AMISOM-Djibouti and SNG forces launched an offensive on the al Shabaab held town of Aborey, but are pushed back by its defenders. The Somali Memo, which is pro-al Shabaab, claimed the "enemy" sustained causalities, but did not provide numbers.