source: Somali Memo
actor1: Military Forces of Somalia (2017-)
actor2: Al Shabaab
location: Jowhar
notes: Reports from Middle Shabeelle region say heavy fighting has erupted again between al-Shabab fighters and federal government troops at Gololey village, about seven kilometres north of Bala'd town. The fighting came after al-Shabab mujahedeen movement fighters ambushed a convoy of federal government troops travelling to Mogadishu from Jowhar. Causalities in both instances not known.