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588 | 2,007 | 12 | 26 | SO | Somalia | Bari | Bosaso | null | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.27848 | 49.179952 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (1 Spanish, 1 Argentine) staff (a doctor and nurse) kidnapped and freed, Jan 2. The police captured two of the kidnappers after a heavy exchange of gunfire. The abduction in Bosasso port came two days after gunmen in Puntland released a French journalist whom they kidnapped and held for eight days ... | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,370 | 2,012 | 12 | 5 | SO | Somalia | Bay | Baydhaba | Baydhaba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 3.116667 | 43.65 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A UN aid worker was kidnapped from his home by gunmen in Baidoa. | Pending | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
86 | 1,999 | 9 | 14 | SO | Somalia | Gedo | Garbahaarey | Garbahaarey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 3.325005 | 42.220532 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff was killed in attack in Somalia on Sept 14. The victim was among 10 people killed when rival factions fought for the control of the southern town Garbaharey. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
99 | 2,000 | 1 | 28 | SO | Somalia | null | null | null | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 8.367677 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 INGO national staff killed in attack on aid convoy on Jan 28. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,514 | 2,012 | 9 | 28 | SO | Somalia | Woqooyi Galbeed | Hargeisa | Hargeisa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 9.560335 | 44.069722 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff was assaulted by five unidentified men while walking home; the men hit the staff with a stone in the face when he resisted their attempt to take away his mobile phone. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
799 | 2,008 | 10 | 17 | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Marka | Marka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff was injured during a shooting incident in Merka. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,204 | 2,016 | 2 | 24 | SO | Somalia | Nugaal | Garoowe | Garoowe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 8.4 | 48.466667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO national staff member was stabbed at the front gate of her home. The robbers took her mobile phone and then fled. She was treated at the hospital. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
703 | 2,008 | 1 | 2 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff machine operator killed and 1 INGO national staff guard wounded when compound attacked. Motive: robbery, several valuable items were stolen. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
796 | 2,008 | 8 | 3 | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Afgooye | Afgooye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2.146462 | 45.11931 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff, a UN implementing partner staffer, was killed. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,645 | 2,014 | 1 | 25 | SO | Somalia | Mudug | Gaalkacyo | Gaalkacyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.769709 | 47.430831 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The director of a local NGO was shot by unknown individuals while on his way home. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
827 | 2,009 | 3 | 18 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contractor shot dead in Mogadishu overnight by unknown gunmen. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
797 | 2,008 | 8 | 30 | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Marka | Marka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot and injured while travelling in a private vehicle in Merka, 30 August 2008. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
4,373 | 2,024 | 11 | 10 | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Afgooye | Afgooye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Road | 2.172381 | 45.119118 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One female NGO aid worker was killed when an Al Shabaad-planted IED exploded close to Afgooye, Far North region. Other civilians were also killed during the incident (not counted). | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
662 | 2,008 | 12 | 13 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Transitional Federal Government forces (TFG) | 1 ICRC national staff armed guard escorting an ICRC vehicle in Mogadishu was shot at by TFG police and died on the spot. Both the ICRC officer and his driver were briefly detained and then released. The ICRC is in contact with the relevant authorities in order to shed light on the circumstances of the incident. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
4,128 | 2,024 | 4 | 4 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Landmine | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 2.095567 | 45.366741 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One international INGO aid worker and one national INGO aid worker were killed by Al Shabaab militants when on their way to deliver food assistance in Mogadishu. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
639 | 2,008 | 9 | 22 | SO | Somalia | Jarar | Doror | Ogaden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.53056 | 44.795 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international (1 female Japanese, 1 male Dutch) staff abducted from the Ogaden region that borders Somalia; released 7 January 2009. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,407 | 2,018 | 5 | 2 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Office/compound | 2.046934 | 45.318162 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Unknown | A female international staff member working for the ICRC was kidnapped from inside the organization's compound by armed men in Mogadishu on Wednesday evening. Local security authorities have called this an inside job and are investigating whether this incident involved a local private security firm that was staffing th... | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
155 | 2,001 | 7 | 14 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu (near) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.03711 | 45.34375 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Militia | 2 UN national staff wounded and 6 killed when UN relief convoy ambushed by militiamen loyal to warlord Osman Atto near Mogadishu, July 14. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,911 | 2,015 | 4 | 20 | SO | Somalia | Nugaal | Garoowe | Garoowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Roadside IED | Individual attack | Road | 8.4 | 48.483333 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Four international UN staff members were killed when a roadside bomb exploded next to their minibus. They were traveling from their guesthouse to their office in Garowe. Al Shabab, a extremist group with links to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to The Associated Press. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,706 | 2,013 | 7 | 4 | SO | Somalia | Woqooyi Galbeed | Hargeisa | Hargeisa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 9.55012 | 44.066165 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was attacked by a gang and suffered a knife wound to the hand. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,067 | 2,010 | 11 | 25 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A vehicle hired by a UN agency was shot at and the driver was injured while picking up staff from the airport. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,123 | 2,015 | 11 | 11 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu, Wadajir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.046934 | 45.318162 | Unknown | Host state | Somali Armed Forces | A female national INGO aid worker was driving an ambulance when she was shot by Somali forces. The bullet hit her in the leg. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
632 | 2,008 | 8 | 6 | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Afgooye | Lafoole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 2.09955 | 45.16352 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed by unknown gunmen Wednesday on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu. Victim was at home not far from the organization's center when the gunmen shot him six times on the head. Victim was taken to hospital and later died. | Archived | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
952 | 2,009 | 10 | 5 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff contracted drivers shot and killed during an ambush. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
421 | 2,006 | 3 | 1 | SO | Somalia | Lower Juba | Afmadow | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 0.51486 | 42.073009 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN international (US) staff abducted in Afmadow, 260 miles southwest of Mogadishu, Wed March 1; released next day. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
641 | 2,008 | 10 | 6 | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Marka | Marka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN international (Italian) staff and one UN national staff were wounded and one UN national staff driver was killed in a remote-controlled IED attack in southern Somalia. Those wounded were not in critical condition, but the driver died on the way to the hospital. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
71 | 1,999 | 4 | null | SO | Somalia | null | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 8.367677 | 49.083416 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (Italian) staff kidnapped for ransom and released with ransom unpaid. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
23 | 1,997 | 9 | null | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff kidnapped in Mogadishu over FFW project dispute. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,845 | 2,013 | 10 | 22 | SO | Somalia | Mudug | Gaalkacyo | Gaalkacyo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 6.766627 | 47.429627 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO security guard was shot and injured by an unknown armed man. The attack may have been connected to an inter-clan dispute. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
609 | 2,008 | 6 | 11 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu, Suqbad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.11667 | 45.4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff (a director and his driver) were shot and killed by four men driving Suzuki vehicle. The killers took the vehicle, laptop computer, one mobile phone and a guard. Unconfirmed reports indicating that the killers are from the TFG forces based at Fagah road junction in Yaqshid district. Motive of the k... | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
139 | 2,001 | 3 | null | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 7 UN (6 international, 1 national) staff and 3 INGO international staff held hostage when gunmen stormed and ransacked the INGO's compound in Mogadishu, March 27. Five of the internationals were released within a few days. 2 more international staff (2 UN agencies) were released a few days later. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
98 | 2,000 | 1 | null | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu (near) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.03711 | 45.34375 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff killed during an ambush north of Mogadishu. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
3,143 | 2,021 | 2 | 2 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.029956 | 45.310148 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One INGO staff member was killed during a complex attack on the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu. Official statements report Al Shabaab militants exploded a car bomb outside the hotel and then stormed the building with guns. 4 other civilians were killed and 10 injured (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,514 | 2,018 | 8 | 9 | SO | Somalia | Bay | Baydhaba | Miidowow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 3.111621 | 43.491606 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Armed men reportedly abducted NRCS staff members near Baidoa town on August 9th. The staff members were on a mission to provide aid to drought-affected beneficiaries when they were abducted from the camp at gunpoint during a food distribution operation. It's unclear who kidnapped the staff members but militants have pr... | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
388 | 2,005 | 8 | null | SO | Somalia | null | null | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Mob violence | Unknown | 8.367677 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Youths | 1 UN national staff killed by local gang allegedly of youths from the Gambol Secondary School. The incident caused the relocation of both national and international staff of UN agency from Garowe to Gardo. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,040 | 2,015 | 4 | 2 | SO | Somalia | Hiraan | Beledweyne | Beledweyne, Hawl-Wadaag | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.726904 | 45.191571 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | A driver for an INGO was shot and injured in Hawl-Wadaag. He was taken to the hospital because his wounds required surgical intervention. The attack was reportedly a result of tension between clans. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
50 | 1,998 | 7 | null | SO | Somalia | null | null | null | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 8.367677 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff killed and 5 wounded when convoy attacked. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,792 | 2,014 | 7 | 14 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.039138 | 45.346191 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One UN agency contractor was killed in an attack by Al-Shabaab on a government forces vehicle. The victim was reportedly connected with the government and was not targeted for his capacity as an aid agency contractor. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,039 | 2,015 | 2 | 20 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu, Xamar Weyne | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.03153 | 45.337701 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Two NGO staff members were injured and one killed in a complex attack in Mogadishu. Approximately 25 people were killed by al Shabaab at the Central Hotel and a local mosque close to the hotel as a result. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
705 | 2,008 | 3 | 10 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed by armed man within Mogadishu city limits; the motive for the attack is believed to be a personal, family-oriented dispute. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
3,065 | 2,020 | 5 | 8 | SO | Somalia | Lower Juba | Kismayo | Between Hoosingow and Dhobley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.270477 | 42.479039 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Three NGO staff members travelling in Kismayo between Hoosingow and Dhobley town, were reportedly kidnapped by Al Shabaab militants. Further information is unavailable at this time. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
203 | 2,002 | 11 | null | SO | Somalia | Togdheer | Burco | Burco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 9.52749 | 45.537472 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international staff injured during armed robbery of compound in Burao. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,063 | 2,015 | 11 | 14 | SO | Somalia | Hiraan | Beledweyne | Beledweyne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 4.742941 | 45.200936 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A UN contractor was killed after an assailant in another vehicle pulled up to his car and shot at it. The contractor died of his injuries at the hospital. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
625 | 2,008 | 7 | 11 | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Afgooye | Elasha Biyaha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 2.06697 | 45.20723 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff killed in Elasha, south of Mogadishu by gunmen who fled. Gunmen shot dead the senior local aid worker on Friday. The charity had suspended all its operations in the area. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,031 | 2,010 | 12 | 4 | SO | Somalia | Woqooyi Galbeed | Sanaag | null | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 10 | 44.5 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff (a security guard) killed and another national staff (a community mobilizer) wounded when their vehicle stumbled upon an ambush. The INGO they worked for was distributing cash and the money was being delivered by a local money transfer company, known as hawala. The two staff were travelling 70 km beh... | Pending | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
5,114 | 2,024 | 12 | 1 | SO | Somalia | Bay | Baydhaba | Baidoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 3.316032 | 43.469883 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Two LNGO aid workers were kidnapped during an ambush by Al Shabaab when returning from a training in Baidoa, Bay. The aid workers were released eight days later after the intervention of clan elders. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,586 | 2,019 | 2 | 28 | SO | Somalia | Gedo | Garbahaarey | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.76956 | 42.06527 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 6 national aid workers have reportedly been kidnapped in the Gedo region of Somalia. Initial reports indicate around 10 people were taken, but some managed to escape and alert authorities. Although no group has officially taken responsibility, Al Shabaab is being blamed. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,179 | 2,011 | 11 | 19 | SO | Somalia | Mudug | Gaalkacyo | Gaalkacyo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 6.769709 | 47.430831 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff member of an international NGO was shot and killed by unknown masked gunment upon leaving a mosque in Galkayo. The INGO suspended activities while Puntland authorities investigated the murder. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,162 | 2,011 | 6 | null | SO | Somalia | Bay | Baydhaba | Baydhaba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 3.116667 | 43.65 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | A local staff (polio specialist) was taken from his home in late June by Al Shabaab members. The office computer was also confiscated for investigations. His relative has said that she expects him to be released once the investigation is complete. | Pending | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
717 | 2,007 | 6 | 5 | SO | Somalia | null | null | null | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.367677 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Host state | Transitional Federal Government forces (TFG) | 1 INGO national staff driver (daily hire) killed and 1 national staff injured when TFG forces starting shooting at unmarked vehicle passing a military convoy | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,838 | 2,013 | 11 | 17 | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Marka | Marka, Buula Jan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.717466 | 44.768614 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO national staff member working at Marka General Hospital was shot and killed by unknown armed militia. The incident was reportedly related to clan revenge. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
84 | 1,999 | 9 | 15 | SO | Somalia | null | null | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.367677 | 49.083416 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed in road shooting Sept 15-16. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
4,216 | 2,024 | 6 | 1 | SO | Somalia | Bay | Baydhaba | Baidoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Office/compound | 3.107049 | 43.641429 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One LNGO bodyguard was injured by an IED planted by Al Shabaab at the entrance of the office in Baidoa, Baydhaba, Bay. | Yes | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
5,543 | 2,017 | 4 | 2 | SO | Somalia | Gedo | Luuq | Luuq | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 3.803286 | 42.546679 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | Four UN aid workers were kidnapped by Al Shabaab during a polio vaccination campaign in Luuq, Gedo. Their whereabouts remain unknown. | Archived | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
5,548 | 1,999 | 9 | 16 | SO | Somalia | Puntland | Nugaal | Garowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Detention/arrest | Individual attack | Unknown | 8.402475 | 48.484533 | Political | Host state | Somali government | One female NGO aid worker was detained by the Someli government over accusations of disseminating anti-islamic views in Garowe, Puntland. | Archived | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,317 | 2,011 | 11 | 18 | SO | Somalia | Mudug | Gaalkacyo | Gaalkacyo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 6.769709 | 47.430831 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff working as protection officer with an INGO was shot and killed by unknown gunmen when leaving a local mosque after evening prayers. | Pending | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
608 | 2,008 | 6 | 8 | SO | Somalia | Bay | Baydhaba | Baydhaba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 3.116667 | 43.65 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff security guard killed. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
595 | 2,008 | 2 | 12 | SO | Somalia | Woqooyi Galbeed | null | null | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Road | 9.600828 | 43.333145 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO international (German) staff kidnapped and 1 INGO national staff driver injured by gunmen in northern Somalia- a region disputed by the breakaway states of Puntland and Somaliland; released the next day following an operation by the Somaliland forces. The national staff victim was wounded during the abduction wh... | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
787 | 2,007 | 8 | 4 | SO | Somalia | Gedo | Baardheere | Between Dhobley and the Kenyan border | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1 | 41.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff security guard killed and 1 national staff driver seriously wounded when the NGO mission was ambushed between Dobley and the Kenyan border. 2 other staff lightly wounded (not counted here). | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,258 | 2,011 | 8 | 25 | SO | Somalia | Hiraan | Mataban | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 5.200308 | 45.525539 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A staff member of a local NGO (a UN implementing partner) was killed an operation by militia forces allied with the Transitional Federal Government in an operation to recover two trucks carrying UN food which had been carjacked by militias of another clan. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,688 | 2,013 | 9 | 22 | SO | Somalia | Sanaag | Erigavo | Erigavo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 10.616478 | 47.366652 | Economic | Aid recipient | Refugees | One INGO staff member was attacked by refugees, who were upset about the lack of food. The staff member sufferred a broken nose. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
788 | 2,007 | 10 | 11 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Warta Nabada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.11667 | 45.4 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff wounded when driving their belonging to an INGO. The gunmen stopped the car and reportedly shot and wounded the two occupants before driving away with the vehicle. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
611 | 2,008 | 6 | 16 | SO | Somalia | Galguduud | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 5 | 47 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO natonal staff abducted near El-Dheer town in Galgadud region- the second staff member of the INGO to be abducted in six weeks. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
612 | 2,008 | 6 | 21 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Home | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff taken from their home near Mogadishu around 8 pm. A group of men forcibly took the victim from his house; released 27th August 2008. Information indicated that criminals after financial gain could be behind his kidnapping and ICU would have mediated for his release. Sources also indicate that a rans... | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
3,872 | 2,023 | 6 | 6 | SO | Somalia | Hiraan | Hiraan | Between Farlibah and Beledweyne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 4.783333 | 45.45 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Five NGO staff members were kidnapped by Al Shabaab militants on the road between Farlibah village and Beledweyne, around Morodiile, Hiraan. They were all released over a week later after a ransom demand. | Yes | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
556 | 2,007 | 7 | 9 | SO | Somalia | Hiraan | Beledweyne | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 4.735579 | 45.204095 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff gunned down by an | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
100 | 2,000 | 1 | null | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Sablaale | Sablaale | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 1.842754 | 44.593724 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO national staff killed in attack on office in Sablale. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
180 | 2,002 | 4 | null | SO | Somalia | Gedo | Luuq | null | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Individual attack | Office/compound | 3.735 | 42.596303 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | Two INGO national staff were killed in compound in Luuq, apparently related to a clan dispute. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,261 | 2,016 | 8 | 25 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.046934 | 45.318162 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Two INGO aid workers jumped from the second floor of their hotel to get away from an Al-Shaabab attack on a restaurant that was in close proximity to the hotel. One of the aid workers hurt his shoulder in the escape and had to be admitted to the hospital and then was transferred after they were both evacuated to Nairob... | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
555 | 2,007 | 6 | 27 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Clan | 2 INGO national staff a doctor and his driver killed by gunmen in southern Somalia. The doctor was slain late Wednesday in El-Berde, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) northwest of the capital Mogadishu. Orgnaization rep said he might have been a victim of an inter-clan feud in the region. Residents said the gunmen also ... | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
3,751 | 2,022 | 1 | 16 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Ambush | Road | 2.039167 | 45.341944 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Not applicable | One national male INGO worker was injured by a hand grenade attack in Mogadishu.
| Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,446 | 2,013 | 6 | 19 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Office/compound | 2.043557 | 45.314087 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One UN staffer, 3 UN contractors, and 4 guards were killed during a complex attack, when a VBIED rammed the UN's external gate and was simultaneously detonated. Seven assailants entered the compound on foot, tossing hand grenades in the process. Another UN staffer and 4 other guards were also injured. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
655 | 2,008 | 11 | 28 | SO | Somalia | Lower Juba | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Detention | Unknown | 0.433333 | 41.6 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO national staff killed: Approximately 30 persons made up of INGO local staff, LNGO staff, teachers.
| Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,843 | 2,013 | 5 | 25 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu, Medina, Banaadir Junction | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.021074 | 45.288353 | Incidental | Host State | Somali Armed Forces | One INGO employee was killed during clashes between two groups of Somali National Government (SNG) forces. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
708 | 2,008 | 5 | 17 | SO | Somalia | Lower Juba | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 0.433333 | 41.6 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff senior project officer working in Kismayo was assassinated. The motive of the killing is not clear.
| Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
3,532 | 2,021 | 1 | 7 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.039167 | 45.341944 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One UN contacted security guard was killed when he was walking beside a road and a vehicle hit an IED in Mogadishu. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,836 | 2,013 | 6 | 29 | SO | Somalia | Lower Juba | Kismayo | Kismayo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | -0.358216 | 42.545087 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One INGO nurse was killed by a stray mortar during clashes between clan militias. The nurse was assisting the wounded at the time of the attack. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
3,177 | 2,021 | 1 | 31 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.033333 | 45.333333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff were killed in a complex attack on a hotel in Mogadishu.
| Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
898 | 2,010 | 1 | 15 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Sana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 2.042778 | 45.338564 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 3 local staff of a local NGO were kidnapped (2 others were also taken but for less than 24 hrs); the body of one, a long time security guard for the organisation, was found abandoned in Mogadishu with hands tied and shot. The other two were tortured and released after negotiations on Jan 18. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,234 | 2,017 | 2 | 23 | SO | Somalia | Hiraan | Beledweyne | Beledweyne | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 4.742941 | 45.200936 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Three national aid workers for an INGO were reportedly abducted by suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen at Hajub, near Beledweyne. They were providing humanitarian assistance to drought-affected beneficiaries at the time of the attack. They were all released within a week. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
932 | 2,010 | 5 | 14 | SO | Somalia | Mudug | Gaalkacyo | Gaalkacyo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 6.769709 | 47.430831 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff of a company contracted by a UN agency was killed when a gunman fired with an automatic weapon. The staff member was not conducting services related to the UN agency at the time. | Pending | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,043 | 2,015 | 6 | 21 | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Marka | Marka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 1.717466 | 44.768614 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Attackers armed with guns shot and killed a man in Wadajir neighbourhood. The victim was working for an INGO. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,314 | 2,011 | 2 | 13 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Raid | Office/compound | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A security guard for an INGO was injured when a and grenade was lobbed into the organization's compound. | Pending | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,889 | 2,020 | 2 | 3 | SO | Somalia | Gedo | Doolow | Belet-Hawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 3.928611 | 41.876111 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Five NGO aid workers, 4 male and 1 female, were kidnapped while distributing supplies approximately 13 km outside of Belet-Hawa, Gedo. Media reports suspect Al Shabaab due to their strong prevalence in the area. All staff were released 10 days later. | Yes | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
811 | 2,009 | 2 | 20 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Raid | Home | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 NGO national staff security guard killed and 1 NGO national staff wounded when armed men attacked the home of a local NGO worker. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
187 | 2,002 | 8 | null | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu (near) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 2.03711 | 45.34375 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff kidnapped en route to work in Mogadishu, held for 6 days. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
3,658 | 2,022 | 10 | 1 | SO | Somalia | Bay | Baydhaba | Geldheere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Other Explosives | Raid | Project site | 3.100104 | 43.733038 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One NGO staff member was injured in an RPG attack while completing project activities in Geldheere village, near Baidoa town, Bay.
| Yes | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,517 | 2,013 | 7 | 23 | SO | Somalia | Mudug | Gaalkacyo | Garsoor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 6.769623 | 47.430615 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A senior leader of a local NGO was shot dead by two masked gunmen shortly as he left Imamu-Shafici mosque in Garsor village of Galkayo. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
2,033 | 2,015 | 12 | 14 | SO | Somalia | Banadir | Banadir | Mogadishu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.046934 | 45.318162 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unidentified gunmen shot an employee of a UN agency and an INGO in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The victim and her colleague from a partner organization, who was driving a private vehicle, were attacked while travelling through Mogadishu. Both were killed. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
636 | 2,008 | 8 | 21 | SO | Somalia | Lower Juba | null | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -0.36667 | 42.53333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff shot in the head when leaving his home by an unknown assailant on Thursday. | Archived | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,850 | 2,013 | 7 | 12 | SO | Somalia | Bari | Bosaso | Kalabeyr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 10.828468 | 49.252965 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One INGO staff member was injured when shooting broke out during what seems to have been an inter-clan attack. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
724 | 2,008 | 10 | 15 | SO | Somalia | Lower Shabelle | Marka | Marka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.79767 | 44.90755 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff driver and a bystander (not included) injured when two armed men attempted to kidnap a senior INGO officer. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
5,091 | 2,024 | 2 | 23 | SO | Somalia | Bay | Baydhaba | Baidoa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 3.03985 | 43.796879 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One NNGO and one INGO aid workers were kidnapped during an ambush by Al Shabaab in Baidoa, Bay. Both aid workers were released some days later after the intervention of clan elders. Two other civilians were also kidnapped and released during the incident (not counted). | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
4,398 | 2,024 | 8 | 20 | SO | Somalia | Galguduud | Dhusamareb | Mirig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 5.603436 | 46.593434 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One male national NGO staff was killed when gunfire was exchanged during a land dispute near the village of Mirig, Dhuusamareeb. 5 other civilians were wounded during the incident (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
4,197 | 2,023 | 8 | 8 | SO | Somalia | Sool | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 8.904088 | 47.430049 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Dhulbahante clan | Three NGO aid workers were injured when their ambulance was hit by mortar rounds during a combat between the Dhulbahante clan and the Somaliland security forces. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,355 | 2,012 | 10 | 2 | SO | Somalia | Mudug | Gaalkacyo | Gaalkacyo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 6.770838 | 47.42873 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A Turkish aid worker was wounded in the crossfire during an interclan firefight while traveling in Galkayo. | Pending | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,847 | 2,013 | 12 | 7 | SO | Somalia | Bay | Baydhaba | Baydhaba, Berdale neighborhood, Boqoley market | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 2.983244 | 44.283339 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO-contracted driver was shot and kiled by an unidentified gunman. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,080 | 2,011 | 1 | 3 | SO | Somalia | Mudug | Gaalkacyo | Gaalkacyo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Public location | 7 | 48 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A local staff of an INGO was injured when an RCIED exploded near a hotel, injuring 4 people. The attack was thought to be targeted at the Governor. The injured local staff was arrested under suspicion of involvement in the attack. | Pending | Media | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
1,633 | 2,014 | 1 | 3 | SO | Somalia | Bay | Buur Hakaba | Buur Hakaba, Liimaale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.795825 | 44.077254 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | A national polio worker contracted by the UN was abducted by suspected Al Shabaab near Buur Hakaba. It appears that Al Shabaab believed those associated with the polio campaign to be spies. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
14 | 1,997 | 6 | 19 | SO | Somalia | Lower Juba | Kismayo | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -0.36667 | 42.53333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya | 1 INGO driver killed by Al Ittihad militia in Kismayo on June 19. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-10 |
Somalia - Aid Worker Security Database | Africa (original)
Size category: n<1K - Formats: parquet - Sector: governance_security - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa
TL;DR
This dataset is part of the Electric Sheep Africa catalog on Hugging Face. It is indexed for African data discovery with standardized metadata, loading guidance, provenance notes, and analyst-oriented context.
What This Dataset Covers
Public datasets help analysts inspect structured evidence, build reproducible workflows, and compare patterns across domains.
Dataset context from the existing Hugging Face card: Somalia - Aid Worker Security Database Publisher: Humanitarian Outcomes · Source: HDX · License: cc-by · Updated: 2026-04-09 Abstract This dataset shows aid worker security incidents in Somalia. Annually, the data for the previous year undergoes a verification process. Data for the current year is provisional. For incident descriptions, please download data directly from www.aidworkersecurity.org Each row in this dataset represents discrete events or incidents. Data was… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-som.
Dataset Profile
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Hugging Face repo | electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-som |
| Sector | governance_security |
| Topic tags | humanitarian, hdx, electric-sheep-africa, aid-worker-security, aid-workers, conflict-violence, som |
| Modalities | tabular, text |
| Formats | parquet |
| Size category | n<1K |
| Countries | Somalia |
| ISO3 coverage | SOM |
| Last modified on HF | 2026-04-10 02:42:57+00:00 |
| Inventory snapshot | 2026-07-16T16:00:34Z |
How To Read This Dataset
- Start from the repository files and the dataset viewer when available.
- Treat the README context as a fast orientation layer; confirm variable definitions and units in the data files before modeling.
- Use explicit country columns when present. When geography is only implied by the title or source metadata, document that assumption in downstream analysis.
- Preserve missing values until you have a defensible imputation rule.
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-som")
print(ds)
split_name = next(iter(ds))
table = ds[split_name]
print(table.features)
print(table[:3])
Convert To Pandas When Tabular
from datasets import Dataset
first_split = ds[next(iter(ds))]
if isinstance(first_split, Dataset):
df = first_split.to_pandas()
print(df.head())
Data Quality Notes
- This card was standardized from the Electric Sheep Africa Hugging Face metadata inventory.
- Exact schema, row counts, and source files should be inspected in the repository data files.
- Metadata gaps from the inventory: upstream_publisher.
- Do not infer policy meaning from labels alone; confirm definitions, units, and methods in the source material.
Source And Provenance
- Source context: original
- Publisher/source attribution: original
- License: CC BY 4.0
- Hugging Face URL: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-som
- Inventory retrieved at:
2026-07-16T16:00:34Z
Suggested Analyses
- Inspect schema and missingness before modeling.
- Profile variables by geography, time, and subgroup columns where present.
- Join with other Electric Sheep Africa datasets using explicit country, year, and indicator fields when available.
- Build reproducible notebooks that cite both the original source context and the Electric Sheep Africa Hugging Face repo.
Citation
@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_aid_worker_security_database_som_2026,
title = {Somalia - Aid Worker Security Database | Africa (original)},
author = {original},
year = {2026},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-som},
publisher = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-som}}
}
License
Released under CC BY 4.0.
Original source rights remain with the original publisher or data provider. Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes discovery metadata, documentation, and usage guidance for analysis on Hugging Face.
About Electric Sheep Africa
Electric Sheep Africa publishes ML-ready African public datasets on Hugging Face.
Provenance: metadata-backed README standardized 2026-08-12 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Inventory source: catalog/esa_metadata_inventory/master_metadata.jsonl.
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