The authorities in Puntland, a semi‑autonomous region of Somalia, have executed a woman convicted of murdering a 14‑year‑old girl, in a rare case in the region in which the death penalty has been ...

The decision by federal authorities followed concerns over compliance with established security protocols governing visits by leaders of federal member states to Mogadishu. According to officials ...

More than a year after conflict broke out in the Cal Miskaad mountain range of Somalia’s Puntland region, fighting continues to take a heavy toll on the lives of thousands of families. Many have been ...

In 2025, for the second year running, conflict was the main driver of displacement in Somalia, uprooting more than 200,000 people from their homes, according to humanitarian data tracking population ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland will release a vessel full of military equipment belonging to Turkey almost two weeks after seizing it. Turkey’s ambassador to Somalia, Alper Aktaş, met with ...

The ill feted fishing vessele MV Al Amal which sunk at Somalia's semi autonomous state of Puntland last and had thirty four fishing crew on board including fourteen Kenyans, August 10, 2015. The crew ...

The road from Garowe, the capital of Puntland statelet in northern Somalia, to the port of Bosaso runs through territory occupied by two of the world’s most notorious jihadist groups (see map). In the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ido Levy, American University School of International Service (THE CONVERSATION) On ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ido Levy, American University (THE CONVERSATION) On Feb. 24, 2025, members of the ...

On Feb. 24, 2025, members of the Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a “province” of the Islamic State group. The town, located in ...