| 5,798,250 |
2.0462 |
45.33407 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified armed men in a civilian vehicle opened gunfire at SNG forces based at Al-Baraka Junction (Hodan District) and escaped in the night of 11/03. After few minutes later, the same gunmen fired at a police post in the vicinity of Guulwadaayasha and managed to escape. No casualties were reported. |
| 5,798,255 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
Suspected al Shabaab fighters launched a complex attack against the ISWA Presidential Palace in the morning of 12/03. Three armed men dressed in SNAF military uniform driving a NOAH car approached a SNG position near Hotel Eden in Howlwadaag neighbourhood, got off the car, walked towards the ENDF checkpoint located at the gate of the presidential compound where ISWA president Sharif Hassan lives and killed two Ethiopian soldiers. Galayr security Manager, his driver and a British-Somali from Taskforce who were at the checkpoint to access their office were wounded in the attack. The three al Shabaab fighters who almost passed the checkpoint were shot and killed by other AMISOM soldiers who were attracted by the gunshots. The vehicle was arrested by Police and the police commander ordered to drive it away, suspecting that it could carry explosives. A well-known driver agreed to do it and drove it towards Al-amxaar check-point, 4kms north of Baidoa town. He got off and warned the people. Two SNGF soldiers there convinced him that they should search the car. During the search, the vehicle exploded, killing the three of them. Latest reports on 13/03 indicate that AMISOM (ENDF) took the driver of the VBIED from the police station in Baidoa to their base for interrogation. The suspected al Shabaab driver was arrested before his explosive-laden vehicle was driven out of the town by a civilian driver where it exploded. |
| 5,798,260 |
3.328 |
42.21988 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters ambushed AMISOM/SNG forces in Birta Dheer (15km SE of Garbahaarey) in the morning of 12/03. The two sides engaged in a heavy fighting which lasted for more than an hour after which the al Shabaab fighters withdrew. The joint forces were reportedly transferring new AMISOM soldiers to Buur Dhuubo when the incident happened. Three SNG forces and seven al Shabaab fighters were reportedly killed in the clashes |
| 5,798,264 |
4.16675 |
43.68239 |
Somalia |
|
SNG forces on a security patrol clashed with al Shabaab fighters in Eel Leheli (22km NW of Xudur) in the afternoon of 12/03. Two al Shabaab fighters were killed and one SNG soldier was injured. |
| 5,798,269 |
4.68153 |
46.62342 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters ambushed SNG/ENDF convoy in Oodweyn Village (26km NW of Ceel Buur) in the night of 12/03. The two sides exchanged heavy gunfire for about an hour after which the attackers withdrew. Casualties are unknown. The convoy had left Ceel Buur and was heading to Dhusamareeb when the ambush took place. |
| 5,798,273 |
4.75 |
45.2 |
Somalia |
|
Two pro-SNG militia groups hailing from Galjecel sub-clan clashed in Hawl-Wadaag neighbourhood in Beled Weyne in the night of 12/03 following an escalated dispute over khat. Three combatants were injured in the clash. |
| 5,798,277 |
-0.07395 |
42.57189 |
Somalia |
|
Jubaland forces carried out a mortar/artillery attack against al Shabaab bases in Bula Gudud Village (32km NE of Kismaayo) on 12/03. Reports indicate that Jubaland forces were being supported by reconnoiter drones giving them position to target. An al Shabaab base was destroyed in the attack but this could not be independently verified. Causalities not known. |
| 5,798,281 |
2.774 |
43.034 |
Somalia |
|
An American drone strike reportedly targeted a convoy of three vehicles carrying senior al Shabaab officials in Abaq Haluul (55km SW of Diinsoor) in the afternoon of 12/03. The drone attack killed all alleged al Shabaab occupants in the vehicles (numbers not known). Aadan Garaar, the head of al Shabaab external operations, as well as the suspected mastermind behind the 2013 Kenya mall attack was allegedly among those killed in the attack. The US later confirmed the strike. |
| 5,798,285 |
3.85194 |
45.56512 |
Somalia |
|
Suspected al Shabaab fighters launched a mortar attack against SNGF base in Bulo Burte on 12/3. The rounds landed in an open area and no damages or casualties were reported. SNGF did not respond and al Shabaab fighters withdrew immediately. |
| 5,798,289 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
SNG Police paraded four al Shaabab operatives in Mogadishu on 14/03. The SNG police spokesman told the media that four men were captured in an armed clash with police conducting security operations in the Livestock Market neighbourhood in the night of 13/03. Among the four suspects was an elderly man who was accused of being an al Shabaab member. |
