Somaliland
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Casualties [1] |
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All known casualties (between 2000 and the end of 2017[2]) |
1,013 (253 killed; 734 injured; 26 unknown) |
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Casualties in 2017 |
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Annual total |
39 |
51% increase from 13 in 2016 |
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Survival outcome |
7 killed; 32 injured |
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Device type causing casualties |
39 explosive remnants of war (ERW) |
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Civilian status |
39 Civilian |
0 unknown |
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Age and gender |
14 adult: 12 women; 2 men |
25 child: 16 boys; 9 girls |
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Casualties in 2017
In 2017, 17 of the 39 casualties recorded in Somaliland were injured in one incident caused by an item of unexploded ordnance in a camp for internally displaced people. All except one of those casualties were women.[3]
The 39 casualties reported in 2017 represented a significant increase on the 13 casualties reported in both 2015 and 2016. This figure disrupted a trend of declining casualties that began in 2007.
The Somaliland Mine Action Center (SMAC) manages casualty data with HALO Trust’s support.[4]
Between 2000 and the end of 2017, the Monitor identified 1,013 casualties in Somaliland (253 killed; 734 injured; 26 unknown).[5]
[1] Unless otherwise indicated, casualty data for 2017 is based on: email from Megan Dwyer, Programme Support Officer, HALO Trust, 11 February 2018.
[2] ICBL-CMC, “Area Profile: Somaliland: Casualties and Victim Assistance,” 28 November 2014; and emails from Dominic Wolsey, Programme Support Officer, HALO Trust, 10 April 2016; and from Megan Dwyer, HALO Trust, 21 October 2017 and 11 February 2018.
[3] Email from Megan Dwyer, Programme Support Officer, HALO Trust, 11 February 2018.
[4] Ibid.
[5] ICBL-CMC, “Area Profile: Somaliland: Casualties and Victim Assistance,” 28 November 2014; and emails from Dominic Wolsey, HALO Trust, 10 April 2016; and from Megan Dwyer, HALO Trust, 21 October 2017, and 11 February 2018.