| 5,799,670 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a SNG soldier and injured another one in Biyo Degaanka neighbourhood of Heliwa District in the evening of 07/05/2015. The reason for the killing remains unclear and the assailants managed to escape from the scene. |
| 5,799,674 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
AMISOM/ENDF convoy was ambushed by suspected al Shabaab fighters in Korow Rooge (15km SE of Baidoa) around midday of 07/05 from al Shabaab fighters. During the ambush, no casualties were reported and al Shabaab fighters withdrew immediately. ENDF forces started a security operation and arrested 25 people from the village and took them to Baidoa for further investigation but it is not clear if the arrested people are normal villagers or al Shabaab affiliates. AMISOM convoys are regularly ambushed by al Shabaab fighters on the road between Baidoa and Buur Hakaba. |
| 5,799,678 |
4.01035 |
45.68126 |
Somalia |
|
SNGF on security operation engaged in an armed clash with al Shabaab fighters in Abooreey, 21 KM NE of Bulo Burte in the afternoon of 07/05. Reportedly around five al Shabaab fighters were killed in the clashes before al Shabaab withdrew. The security operation is meant to remove al Shabaab from the main roads, where they regularly attack civilians or AMISOM convoys to reinforce the economic blockade imposed on liberated towns. |
| 5,799,682 |
2.05492 |
45.33 |
Somalia |
|
A RCIED planted inside a NISA kiosk along Aden Cade road (Wardhiigley District) detonated in the morning of 07/05. Two soldiers were killed and another two were injured. Perpetrators escaped. |
| 5,799,686 |
2.06777 |
45.35 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a former al Shabaab member who defected to the Somali Government in Towfiiq neighbourhood of Yaaqshiid District in the evening of 07/05/2015. The victim was a former Judge in Diinsoor District of Bay Region but defected from al Shabaab side soon after the killing of Abdullahi Sahal aka Isku-Dhuug by an American Drone Strike in 2014. A pro-al Shabaab website, Somalimemo.net published a report claiming that Amniyat killed him in Towfiiq neighbourhood of Yaaqshiid District, the report accused him of being behind a number of Drone attacks on al Shabaab Officials. |
| 5,799,690 |
4.12303 |
43.89012 |
Somalia |
|
Six al Shabaab fighters are killed by military forces outside Xudur in an offensive that liberated seven unnamed locations. |
| 5,799,694 |
1.78586 |
44.5313 |
Somalia |
|
Garre and Abgaal fighters fought the second time in two days inside Qoryooley town in the evening of 09/05 following confrontations on Friday (08/05). The fighting lasted for about twenty minutes after which the fighting stopped. Casualties are unknown. |
| 5,799,698 |
-1.25001 |
41.49349 |
Somalia |
|
An AMISOM/KDF convoy was hit by a RCIED explosion in Kolbiyow, 33 KM SW of Badhaadhe District in the morning of 08/05. One Caspir was damaged in the explosion and four KDF soldiers were injured. The convoy proceeded after the attack and no other incident was reported. |
| 5,799,702 |
9.74503 |
45.63403 |
Somalia |
|
Supporters of Somaliland opposition parties staged a demonstration against the decision by the Upper House of Parliament to extend the term of the current government for one year. The demonstrators burned tires at the main Burao bridge. Police arrived at the scene and dispersed the demonstrators. Later in the evening the presence of heavy patrols and police was felt around the town's central business district. |
| 5,799,707 |
3.9418 |
43.7902 |
Somalia |
|
After the killing of two women by al Shabaab fighters in Bana village, 15 KM SE of Hudur, SNGF conducted a security operation in Orogley, 23 KM SW of Hudur including the outlying villages on 08/05. One woman, hailing from Jeron sub-clan and married to an al Shabaab fighter was killed by SNGF in revenge in Orogley for the killing of two women by al Shabaab in Bana village. It is not the first time that SNGF in Bakool region conduct revenge killings after al Shabaab fighters were killing civilians in the region. |
