Afmadow (Somali: Afmadoow) is a city in southern Somalia, located in the middle of the Juba region and bordered by Kenya, Badhadhe, Kismayo, Jamame, Jilib, Hagar, Bardhere and Elwaq in Somalia, it's 401 km southwest of the capital Mogadishu.

[2] Afmadow was captured in 2006 by the Islamic Court Union as were the other districts in the region during the Somali Civil War.

[3] On 21 November 2009, the Islamist Al-Shabab militia took control of Afmadow, causing hundreds of families as well as western aid workers to flee in fear of violence.

Another Islamist group, Hizbul Islam, left a day earlier, allowing Al-Shabab to move in without much resistance.

On 31 May 2012, it was reported that the Jubaland security forces backed KDF captured the city, as al-Shabab abandoned the town without fighting.