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SomaliaBanaadir region › May 2025

Banaadir region: conflict events in May 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data for Banaadir region, Somalia. Country-wide report: Somalia, May 2025.

2events2 the month before
21est. deathsrange 21–23
0civilian deaths

In May 2025, UCDP recorded 2 organized-violence events in Banaadir region, Somalia, with 21 estimated deaths. That is about the same as the previous month (2). The death toll range is 21 to 23.

100% of the month's events were state-based armed conflict.

The most active pairing was Government of Somalia - Al-Shabaab with 2 events.

Where events happened

2025-05-20: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (0 deaths)2025-05-18: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (21 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Banaadir region, May 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, May 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
18 May 2025Mogadishu district
Banaadir region
Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based, 4 sources
21
20 May 2025Mogadishu district
Banaadir region
Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based
0
0–2

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
Government of Somalia221
Al-Shabaab221

All months

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Source: UCDP GED and Candidate Events, CC BY 4.0. See methodology.