ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,800,230 10.5665 49.0609 Somalia The former Iskushuban DC (Majeerteen/Osman Mohamud) was shot dead by militias from Majeerteen/Ali Saleeban in Carmo (100km SW of Bossaso) in the evening of 27/05 in inter-clan revenge killing. Reports indicate that the incident could be related to the killing of two men from Ali Saleeban by Osman in Iskushuban over charcoal burning early this year.
5,800,235 11.28366 49.1806 Somalia A Puntland official is shot and killed outside of Bosasso by suspected al Shabaab gunmen. Date of the shooting is not known. Source dated 27/05.
5,800,239 2.04803 45.32 Somalia An armed clash between suspected al Shabaab fighters and SNG forces took place in Sayidka junction area in the afternoon of 28/05. Reports show that the clash started when the suspected attackers tried to assassinate SNG security forces on security patrol in the area. A civilian girl has reported died in the clashes and the attackers managed to escape from the scene.
5,800,244 2.7333 41.0166 Somalia At least two people have been killed while five others were injured after two rival political factions clashed in Ceel Waaq on 28/05. Fighters loyal to the area deputy commissioner Sahal Ma'alin Adan and others loyal to a former Ceel Waaq district commissioner fought after Sahal was accused of being behind the killing of the former district chief.
5,800,248 2.97043 45.53468 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters ambushed AMISOM convoy 10km N of Mahadaay in the morning of 28/05. Both sides exchanged heavy gunfire for a while after which the al Shabaab fighters withdrew. The convoy came from Mahadaay and was heading to Jalaqasi when the incident happened. The convoy preceded the trip after the attack. Casualties are unknown.
5,806,929 -31.58893 28.78443 South Africa A gang of 100 high school students are arrested after they beat their principal with sticks and hold him against his will.
5,800,252 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at a house used by SNG solders in Mursal neighbourhood (Baidoa) in the night of 28/05. The forces responded with gunfire but no casualties were reported and the attackers managed to escape.
5,800,256 5.53764 46.3867 Somalia A multiple day long fighting (26-29/05) between the Local pastoralists and the Ethiopian Liyu Police occurred along Ethiopia-Somali border. Among the villages affected by the Liyu Police Offensive are Laba Baar, Isma Dhaqa, Balli dhiig and Sariiro. These villages all lie along Galgadud border. The Givernor of Galgadud region Mr. Hussein Ali Wehliye (Cirfo) appealed to the Federal Government of Somalia to take action against the invasion of the Ethiopian Liyu Police forces. More than fifty people including civilians were killed (fatalities divided among days of conflict).
5,800,260 10.28178 50.23009 Somalia Clan militias from Majerteen/Osman Mohamud sub clan ambushed and attacked other militias from Majerteen/Ali Saleeban sub-clan in an area near Iskushuban town in the morning of 28/05. Two Ali Saleeban militias were seriously injured and had their vehicle destroyed. The motive is believed to be related to clan revenge. The perpetrators escaped.
5,800,265 10.32536 42.83736 Somalia Tension reportedly ran high between Ciise and Gudabuursi sub-clan in Xariirad Village (58km NW of Borama) on 28/05 following dispute over water resources. The two sides reportedly clashed with sticks and stones. The tension began after members of Cise clan rehabilitated the borehole in the village, connected it to a new water pump and said that they had handed over the running of the borehole to a private water company. Police arrested a number of people including two Ethiopian officers who were on visit from the Ethiopian villages along the border. Ten people were slightly injured in the clash.