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Lower Shabelle region: conflict events in March 2025

Monthly report from UCDP event data for Lower Shabelle region, Somalia. Country-wide report: Somalia, March 2025.

9eventsnone the month before
179est. deathsrange 179–209
0civilian deaths

Lower Shabelle region, Somalia saw 9 recorded events and 179 estimated deaths in March 2025. The previous month had no recorded events. The death toll range is 179 to 209.

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

The most active pairing was Government of Somalia - Al-Shabaab with 9 events.

Where events happened

2025-03-31: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (30 deaths)2025-03-31: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (40 deaths)2025-03-29: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (3 deaths)2025-03-20: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (2 deaths)2025-03-19: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (82 deaths)2025-03-17: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (5 deaths)2025-03-15: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (1 deaths)2025-03-13: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (12 deaths)2025-03-12: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (4 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Lower Shabelle region, March 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, March 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
19 Mar 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region		Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based, 3 sources		82
31 Mar 2025Lower Shabelle regionGovernment of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based		40
31 Mar 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region		Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based		30
13 Mar 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region		Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based		12
17 Mar 2025Wanla Weyne district
Lower Shabelle region		Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based		5
12 Mar 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region		Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based		4
29 Mar 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region		Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based		3
20 Mar 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region		Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based		2
15 Mar 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region		Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based, 3 sources		1
1–31

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
Government of Somalia9179
Al-Shabaab9179

All months

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