| 5,805,887 |
1.72966 |
44.78642 |
Somalia |
|
AMISOM forces in Marka Town fired artillery and mortars to Janaale and Ceel Haji in the night of 23/12. No casualties were reported. Related, AMISOM forces left Ceel Haji in the morning of 23/12 and al Shabaab fighters occupied it in the afternoon. |
| 5,805,891 |
-0.36029 |
42.54626 |
Somalia |
|
Kenyan aircraft bomb al Shabaab location at Beexaani, outside of Kismayo. Seven civilians were believed to be killed unintentionally by the strike. Al Shabaab causalities not known. |
| 5,805,895 |
-0.0128 |
42.4032 |
Somalia |
|
AMISOM forces in Marka Town fired artillery and mortars to Janaale and Ceel Haji in the night of 23/12. No casualties were reported. Related, AMISOM forces left Ceel Haji in the morning of 23/12 and al Shabaab fighters occupied it in the afternoon. |
| 5,805,899 |
1.72966 |
44.78642 |
Somalia |
|
AMISOM forces in Marka Town fired artillery and mortars to Janaale and Ceel Haji in the night of 23/12. No casualties were reported. Related, AMISOM forces left Ceel Haji in the morning of 23/12 and al Shabaab fighters occupied it in the afternoon. |
| 5,805,903 |
4.75 |
45.2 |
Somalia |
|
Hundreds of people including women and children staged demonstrations in front of town hall where the president was meeting local clan elders in Beled Weyne on 23/12 to convince them accept his recent circular which stipulated, inter alia, regional state formation conference venue to be Jowhar town. During the demonstrations, the protesters burnt tyres and chanted slogans against president's proposal, such as ''No to Jowhar, No to bribe givers/takers and others''. Security forces later dispersed them by firing shots in the air. No casualties resulting from the demos were reported. |
| 5,805,908 |
8.45582 |
48.39132 |
Somalia |
|
Four men from Habar Jeclo/Basanbur sub-clan set fire on a farm belonging to a man from Habar Jeclo/Biciido sub-clan in the vicinity of Bixin (30km NW of Ceel-Afweyn) on 23/12 over farms ownership dispute. The perpetrators escaped but their clan elders and Ceel-Afwayn police are pursuing them in the mountains near Bixin. |
| 5,805,913 |
2.04757 |
44.89746 |
Somalia |
|
Media reported that al Shabaab court has publicly executed two men in Bariire (27km SW of Afgooye) in the evening of 23/12. The judge stated that one of the executed men was SNG chief in Mareerey while the other one was SNA soldier. |
| 5,805,917 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
ISWA soldier shot and killed a teenage boy and injured another one in Barxada neighbourhood (Baidoa) in the morning of 23/12. The teenagers were walking behind the soldier who opened fire after becoming suspicious of them. The victim died on the spot while the injured boy was rushed to Baidoa hospital for treatments. The soldier escaped. |
| 5,805,921 |
10.56245 |
50.42396 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab and those loyal to ISIL clash in Timirshe on 24/12. Three ISIL fighters were reportedly killed while unspecified numbers of others were injured. |
| 5,805,926 |
2.0095 |
45.25 |
Somalia |
|
The residence of a government official is attack with hand grenades during the evening hours. No loss of life or mention of casualties. |
