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EARTH · VERIFIED CONFLICT RECORD

Conflict in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

NOT LIVE · SOMALIA, FED. REP. RECORD RUNS 1 JAN 2024 → 30 MAY 2026

This is a verified record, not a live feed. UCDP hand-codes every event from published sources, which takes weeks — the newest event here is from 2026-05-31. For what is happening right now, LEV’s Global Incidents layer carries the machine-coded newswire at about fifteen minutes’ delay.

Between 1 Jan 2024 and 30 May 2026, researchers at Uppsala University hand-coded 702 events of organised violence in Somalia, Fed. Rep. from published sources. Their best estimate is 8,315 people killed — and their own range runs 8,227–9,303, which is the honest width of what anyone actually knows.

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What the record holds

DEATHS RECORDED · UCDP BEST ESTIMATE8,315

UCDP range 8,227–9,303.

EVENTS702

604 placed precisely enough to map; 98 counted but not pinned, because UCDP could place them no closer than a province.

Who was doing the killing

State-based583 events · 7,209 killed (UCDP range 7,128–8,105) — A government is one of the sides — a civil war or a war between states.
Non-state81 events · 982 killed (UCDP range 978–1,059) — Two armed groups fight each other and neither is a government — militias, cartels, communal violence.
One-sided38 events · 124 killed (UCDP range 121–139) — An armed group or government kills civilians who are not fighting back.

The conflicts behind the events

Somalia: Government7,057
7,011–7,951 · 562 ev
Puntland State of Somalia - IS827
823–902 · 72 ev
Somalia: Islamic State122
87–122 · 14 ev
Al-Shabaab - Civilians114
111–116 · 30 ev
Sa'ad subclan of Habar Gidir clan (Hawiye) - Lee62
UCDP low and high agree · 1 ev
Dir clan - Marehan subclan (Darod)50
UCDP low and high agree · 1 ev

The deadliest single event on record

18 JAN 2026 · JABADGODANE VILLAGE498 killed

UCDP's low and high agree on this figure. UCDP's low and high estimates are both 498 — the sources agree.

Somalia: Government · state-based violence — a government is one of the sides — a civil war or a war between states.

Somalia, Fed. Rep., elsewhere on LiveEarthViewer

Somalia, Fed. Rep. in the Atlas →Who fled →On the live Earth map →

Source

Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Uppsala University — UCDP GED v26.1 + UCDP Candidate v26_0_1..v26_0_5, released under CC BY 4.0. Coverage ends 31 May 2026. UCDP records Somalia, Fed. Rep. under the name “Somalia”. Every figure on this page is UCDP’s, aggregated and labelled — none is modelled or estimated by LEV.