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Somalia: events and estimated deaths in May 2025

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UCDP recorded 36 events of organized violence in Somalia in May 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 498. The low estimate is 496 and the high estimate is 554. UCDP counts 0 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2025 was 24 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Somalia, May 2025 has the 7th highest count of events. Somalia holds 2 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in May 2025.

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.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Somalia, May 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Banaadir region221
Bari region660
Bay region3120
Galgudud region26
Hiran region1198
Lower Juba region255
Lower Shabelle region36
Middle Shabelle region662
Figure 1. Events in Somalia, May 2025. The map shows 36 events with 498 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 the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Somalia has each event.

Table 2. Somalia, May 2025: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (13 of 36 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
2 May 2025Adan Yabal district, Middle Shabelle regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based101010
2 May 2025Bossaso district, Bari regionPuntland State of Somalia; ISNon-state101010
2 May 2025Middle Shabelle regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based505050
12 May 2025Bari regionPuntland State of Somalia; ISNon-state101010
15 May 2025Bossaso district, Bari regionPuntland State of Somalia; ISNon-state212121
17 May 2025No place givenGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based707070
18 May 2025Mogadishu district, Banaadir regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based212121
18 May 2025Bulo Burti district, Hiran regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based121212
19 May 2025Bay regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based120120120
20 May 2025Bulo Burti district, Hiran regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based464646
22 May 2025Lower Juba regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based484848
29 May 2025Bulo Burti district, Hiran regionGovernment of Somalia; Al-ShabaabState-based101010
31 May 2025Bossaso district, Bari regionPuntland State of Somalia; ISNon-state151515

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Somalia: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Al-Shabaab30438
Government of Somalia30438
IS660
Puntland State of Somalia660

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, May 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict3083%
Non-state conflict617%
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 May 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/somalia/month/2025-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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