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Somalia: events and estimated deaths in December 2024

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UCDP recorded 7 events of organized violence in Somalia in December 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 112. The low estimate is 112 and the high estimate is 116. UCDP counts 0 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for November 2024 was 11 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Somalia, December 2024 has the 26th highest count of events. Somalia holds 0 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in December 2024.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Somalia, December 2024: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Bari region127
Lower Juba region110
Lower Shabelle region19
Middle Juba region12
Middle Shabelle region257
Sanaag region17
Figure 1. Events in Somalia, December 2024. The map shows 7 events with 112 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Somalia has each event.

Table 2. Somalia, December 2024: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
3 Dec 2024Afgoye district, Lower Shabelle regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based999
3 Dec 2024Balad district, Middle Shabelle regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based272727
16 Dec 2024Erigabo district, Sanaag regionSSC-Khatumo Administration; Republic of SomalilandNon-state777
16 Dec 2024Balad district, Middle Shabelle regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based303030
24 Dec 2024Jilib district, Middle Juba regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based222
31 Dec 2024Bossaso district, Bari regionPuntland State of Somalia; ISNon-state272731
31 Dec 2024Kismayo district, Lower Juba regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based101010

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Somalia: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of December 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Al-Shabaab578
Government of Somalia578
IS127
Puntland State of Somalia127
Republic of Somaliland17
SSC-Khatumo Administration17

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

Type of violence

Table 4. Somalia: events by type of violence, December 2024
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict571%
Non-state conflict229%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Somalia, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202625P194PCandidate Events
August 202638P148PCandidate Events
July 202646P325PCandidate Events
June 202630P368PCandidate Events
May 202629P358PCandidate Events
April 202632P296PCandidate Events
March 202630P188PCandidate Events
February 202637P231PCandidate Events
January 202644P972PCandidate Events
December 202535249GED
November 202526279GED
October 202545149GED
September 202529195GED
August 202532379GED
July 202531177GED
June 202542479GED
May 202536498GED
April 202524214GED
March 202530548GED
February 202520577GED
January 202516128GED
December 20247112GED
November 202411106GED
October 202415280GED
September 20241489GED
August 202419156GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Somalia: events and estimated deaths in December 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/somalia/month/2024-12/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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