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Lower Shabelle region: conflict events in December 2025

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

7events6 the month before
44est. deathsrange 44–72
31civilian deaths

Lower Shabelle region, Somalia saw 7 recorded events and 44 estimated deaths in December 2025. That is +17% compared with 6 events the month before. The death toll range is 44 to 72.

100% of the month's events were state-based armed conflict. Civilian deaths: 31.

The most active pairing was Government of Somalia - Al-Shabaab with 7 events.

Where events happened

2025-12-25: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (1 deaths)2025-12-22: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (0 deaths)2025-12-16: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (31 deaths)2025-12-11: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (12 deaths)2025-12-10: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (0 deaths)2025-12-07: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (0 deaths)2025-12-07: Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab (0 deaths)
Recorded organized-violence events in Lower Shabelle region, December 2025. Circle size scales with estimated deaths.State-based Non-state One-sidedOutlines: Natural Earth.

Deadliest events, December 2025

DateWherePartiesEst. deaths
16 Dec 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region
Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based, 31 civilian, 2 sources
31
11 Dec 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region
Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based, 3 sources
12
25 Dec 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region
Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based, 2 sources
1
1–5
22 Dec 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region
Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based
0
0–3
10 Dec 2025Afgoye district
Lower Shabelle region
Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based
0
0–10
7 Dec 2025Qoryoley district
Lower Shabelle region
Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based
0
0–9
7 Dec 2025Wanla Weyne district
Lower Shabelle region
Government of Somalia vs Al-Shabaab
State-based
0
0–2

Parties

PartyEventsEst. deaths
Government of Somalia744
Al-Shabaab744

All months

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