| 5,795,998 |
2.0095 |
45.25 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters with two battle wagons took over control of Kaxda District Commissioner's office (Dharkenley District) without any resistance from SNG forces in the night of 23/12. The al Shabaab fighters raised their flag at the office and stayed for about two hours before leaving to unknown location. This is the second time that al Shabaab fighters had made on offensive on the DC office in a week. |
| 5,796,002 |
-0.07395 |
42.57189 |
Somalia |
|
An IED targeted a mini-bus transporting supplies to Jubaland soldiers manning a check-point in Buulo Gaduud village (32km NE of Kismaayo) in the afternoon of 23/12. The bus was slightly damaged by the blast. No casualties were reported. |
| 5,796,005 |
2.04393 |
45.3 |
Somalia |
|
Local staff working at the Turkish hospital (Devo) went on strike after a Turkish doctor slapped a Somali nurse on 23/12. The source implied the staff staged a protest. |
| 5,796,008 |
8.40635 |
48.48188 |
Somalia |
|
Civil servants staged a peaceful demonstration in Garowe in the morning of 23/12 in protest against a new directive to test the qualification of all civil servants. Under the new directive, all civil servants will undergo an examination to test whether they qualify for the posts they are holding. |
| 5,796,011 |
8.95432 |
46.41001 |
Somalia |
|
A group of local residents mostly, youth and women, staged a demonstration in Caynabo on 23/12.The protestors were expressing their anger against individuals turned large pasture land in to a private use. The protestors requested the government to intervene the matter since their animals left no land to grass. |
| 5,796,015 |
9.55975 |
44.06678 |
Somalia |
|
Students from Farah Omar Secondary School staged a demonstration along the main road near Imperial Hotel on 23/12 to express their anger of lack of teachers in the school. Police arrived at the scene and dispersed the students. At the time of reporting the students were reportedly regrouping to continue their protest. |
| 5,796,019 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
AMISOM/EOD team safely disabled several IEDs in the vicinity of Mayafulka (Baidoa) in the morning of 23/12. The devices were initially collected from various Baidoa neighbourhoods. No casualties were reported during the detonation exercise. |
| 5,796,024 |
-0.36029 |
42.54626 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified gunmen shot and seriously injured an official from Jubaland administration called Yassin Radeel (Marehan) and two of his body guards in Tawakal Hotel in Fanoole neighbourhood (Kismaayo) in the night of 23/12. The reason behind the attack is currently unknown. The same official was attacked in June 2013 where he was airlifted to Nairobi for treatment. The perpetrators escaped. |
| 5,796,029 |
11.28366 |
49.1806 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a businessman (Majerteen/Dishiishe) from his home in Biyo Kulule neighbourhood in Bosasso on the evening of 23/12. The motive is unknown but unconfirmed reports indicate that the perpetrators could be al Shabaab operatives. |
| 5,796,033 |
3.78074 |
41.89431 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a SNG convoy in Buulo Xaawo village (57km W of Baidoa) in the morning of 24/12. The two sides engaged heavy fighting which lasted for about an hour after which the al Shabaab fighters were overwhelmed. The SNG forces left Qansax Dheere and were heading to Bardaale when the ambush happened. Two SNG soldiers and one al Shabaab fighter were killed while another al Shabaab fighter was injured. |
