ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,795,585 2.87123 43.00434 Somalia An RCIED planted during the overnight hours accidentally exploded in the centre of Qansax Dhere in the morning of 11/12. The device exploded at a time when AMISOM/EOD team was dismantling it. One AMISOM soldier was killed and two others were wounded. Perpetrators not known.
5,795,588 10.383 43.23 Somalia A group of people staged a demonstration in Dila (25km SE of Borama) on 11/12 complaining that they have been left out in the recruitment process by an international company involved in mining activities in the village. The demonstration ended peacefully.
5,795,593 2.01951 45.31 Somalia Unidentified gunmen kidnapped the director of the Ministry of Women and Human Rights from his house in Via Liberia neighbourhood (Waberi District) in the night of 11/12. The motive is unknown. It was later found out that the director was arrested by SNG forces. He was released on 12/12.
5,795,597 1.71305 44.76388 Somalia AMISOM forces reportedly killed three civilians, including a traditional elder in Marka. The reason for the killings are not known.
5,795,601 2.09955 45.16352 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against AMISOM forces in Ceel Garuun area near Lafoole (Afgooye District) in the night of 12/12. The two sides exchanged gunfire briefly after which the al Shabaab fighters withdrew. Casualties could not be established.
5,795,606 2.15 45.116 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against SNG/AMISOM forces in Arbacow (13km E of Afgooye) on the evening of 12/12. Casualties could not be established.
5,795,611 2.58256 45.48939 Somalia Abgal/Reer Matan and Shiidle militias clashed in Xawaadley Village (27km NE of Balcad) in the evening of 12/12 following a dispute over khat. Two militiamen from Abgal/Reer Matan were reportedly killed in the clash.
5,795,615 3.12916 43.6977 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters carried out a hit-and-run attack against SNG forces in Mayafulka (8km E of Baidoa) in the night of 12/12. The two sides exchanged gunfire briefly after which al Shabaab fighters withdrew. Casualties could not be established.
5,795,619 5.53764 46.3867 Somalia Fifteen people were killed in Dhusamareb when ASWJ attempted to seize control of nearby Guriel from SNG forces. The extent of violence in Guriel, if any at all, is not known.
5,795,623 5.30825 45.87737 Somalia ASWJ fighters attacked pro-SNG forces based at district administration office in Guri Ceel in the afternoon of 12/12. The two sides exchanged gunfire that lasted for about an hour. Six combatants were wounded during the clash. The ASWJ fighters took over control of the district administration office.