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12°N 12°N This map displays only conflict incidents Gulf of Aden Boosaaso in and around the Mandera Triangle in 2006. Ali-Adde 11°N 11°N Berbera

10°N SUDAN 10°N Kebribeya Addis Ababa 9°N 9°N Degeh Bur Puntland 8°N 8°N In June, Ethiopia deployed Awasa troops to border and into 7°N to support TFG. 7°N Awasa Galinsoor GodeGode Bandiradley Galkaayo 6°N In June, clan warfare in Borena 6°N Yamarug Dhusomareb and Guji districts killed an Guji estimated 150 people and Hobyo 5°N displaced tens of thousands. Burji Beledweyne 5°N Borena Arero Beledweyne Bale Saru Dollo 4°N Forole 4°N Atesa Mandera SOMALIA Indian Ocean North Horr Goof Goduud Maikona Sololo Baidoa Baidoa 3°N 3°N Dhobley Balad Diinsoor Eladi Buur Hakaba In June, UIC took control of Mogadishu Marsabit after months of heavy fighting and extended Sporadic crossborder livestock Qasah Mogadishu Dukana Jilib 2°N raids and inter-tribal clashes Saakow Omane its control over most of southern Somalia and 2°N occured each month in . Mogadishu into Clan areas. KENYA 1°N 1°N UGANDA Dadaab / Conflict Incidents by Type, Historic Somali Clan Areas: Rumururti Isilo Hagadera (labeled by incident location) 0° Nakuru DAAROOD CLAN-FAMILY 0° Kismaayo Aid Attack Embu/Dukana CLAN-FAMILY Naivashu Kismaayo Clan Warfare HAWIYE CLAN-FAMILY Livestock Raid 1°S 1°S In 2006, Somali refugee population JAREER CLAN-FAMILY Somali Conflict Nairobi in Kenya almost doubled to an REEWIN CLAN - FAMILY estimated 160,000. In November, Targeted Attacks 2°S influx increased and heavy flooding 2°S destroyed shelters in Dadaab camp, Population Selected UNHCR Refugee Camps leaving 100,000 without shelter. Movement

3°S International boundary Area of Focus, 3°S Greater Mandera Triangle Sources: Clan distribution: Abikar, 1999; Provisional Administrative Conflict incidents: ReliefWeb, IRIN-EA, AlertNet; Line U.S. Department of State UIC Controlled Area Refugee camps and displacements: Mombasa 0 110 220 330 440 550 Km 4°S [email protected] City, Capital city 4°S http://hiu.state.gov UNHCR/RSAL, UNOCHA/Ethiopia.

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UNCLASSIFIED Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative. Greater Mandera Triangle Conflict VISTA (January – November 2006)

Select Chronology on Conflict in the Number Killed and Percentage Killed Greater Mandera Triangle by Category of Conflict 7 Apr Ethiopia and Kenya sign a cooperation agreement, aimed at maintaining prevailing peace and security along common border. 12 Apr In Kenya border towns, Ethiopian raiders kill at least 15 people Targeted Attack, and displace approximately 10,000 Kenyans. 39, 4% Livestock Raid, 142, 23 May In Ethiopia, fighting between the Guji community and their 15% Borena neighbors claims 150 lives and forces tens of thousands of Clan Warfare, 243, people to flee their villages. 26% 6 Jun In Somalia, UIC takes control of Mogadishu after more than 300 Targeted & Aid Attack people died in the violence, and 1,500 others are wounded and many thousands displaced. Clan Warfare June Ethiopian Government deploys between 10,000 military troops Somalia Conflict and trainers to Somalia border and into Somalia to support TFG Livestock Raid against UIC advances. UIC declares “jihad” against TFG and Ethiopia. 5 Jul In Kenya province of Marsabit, Kenyan security forces kill 14 Somalia Conflict, Ethiopian raiders, while four local villagers and a police reservist 512, 55% are also killed. 18 Sep In Baidoa Somalia, suicide car bomb kills five TFG officials and six attackers are killed in gun battle. 12 Nov Islamic militia attack town of Bandiradley in Puntland of

Sources: ReliefWeb, IRIN, AlertNet Somalia, killing eight loyalists of warlord Hassan Awale Queybdiid. Targeted attacks includes attacks against individuals (including aid November Influx of approximately 37,000 Somali refugees into Kenya is workers) aid convoys and use of improvised explosive devices. followed by heavy rains and flooding, which destroys camps and leaves 100,000 out of 160,000 total refugees in need of new shelter Acronyms around Dadaab. UIC Union of Islamic Courts TFG Transitional Federal Government

VISTA (Visualized Information Synthesized Temporal Analysis) is a product of the Humanitarian Information Unit that provides a map, a graph and a situational timeline. December 1, 2006

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