Somalia Control Map & Timeline: Al Shabaab in Retreat – January 2023 (Subscription) – Final Version
Somalia’s pro-federal alliance has captured several major towns from Al Shabaab, in its biggest gains against the group in almost a decade.
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Somalia Control Map & Timeline – December 2021
Revised and refined map of territorial control across Somalia, showing the situation as things stand amid the country’s ongoing federal elections crisis, plus the extent of the recent ASWJ resurgence.
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Somalia Control Map & Timeline – February 2021 (Subscription)
Al Shabaab claims villages in disputed Puntland-Somaliland region, former ASWJ militia members seize a onetime stronghold, and our new review of available data brings improvements to the map’s accuracy.
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – February 2021 (Subscription) Full Article »
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – October 2020 (Subscription)
Though control lines have changed only subtly since May, Somalia’s federal-aligned forces have driven Al Shabaab from Kurtunwarey, the first district capital captured in battle by either side since 2018.
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – October 2020 (Subscription) Full Article »
New & Improved: Somalia Control Map & Timeline – May 2020 (Subscription)
Somalia’s pro-federal coalition has made small gains against Al Qaeda affiliate Al Shabaab, while deadly infighting has erupted in Jubaland state, and the veteran ASWJ militia has been forcibly dissolved.
New & Improved: Somalia Control Map & Timeline – May 2020 (Subscription) Full Article »
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – December 2019 (Subscription)
Federal-allied forces have chipped away a bit at Al Shabaab territory, while the government has seized two towns from ASWJ militia members. In the north, Al Shabaab claims its first capture of a village in breakaway Somaliland.
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – December 2019 (Subscription) Full Article »
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – August 2019
Al Shabaab has seen both gains and losses, while Galmudug’s ASWJ militia has aligned itself with the federal government, and a renegade general is rebelling against the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. (Map now shows federal member state boundaries.)
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – November 2018 (Subscription)
Over five months, both Somalia’s pro-federal coalition and rebel group Al Shabaab have made small territorial gains, while clashes have continued in the area disputed between Puntland and Somaliland.
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Somalia Control Map & Timeline – June 2018 (Subscription)
Recent changes to Al Shabaab territorial control have been clustered in areas such as Hiran and Lower Juba, while heavy fighting has broken out between Somaliland and Puntland, and the ASWJ militia has merged with the Galmudug state government.
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – June 2018 (Subscription) Full Article »
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – March 2018 (Subscription)
Pro-federal forces have scored some victories against Al Shabaab, such as capturing the district center of Sablale, though they’ve lost ground in other places. Meanwhile, self-proclaimed Khatumo state has signed an agreement to merge with Somaliland.
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – March 2018 (Subscription) Full Article »