Puntland's presidential hopefuls have no political strategy, nor a public message. They are mostly riding on the "anti-incumbent bandwagon" and hoping that Puntland public opinion is against the ...

A leading, U.S.-based analyst on Somalia says the semi-autonomous region of Puntland is in a serious political and economic crisis, which he believes could undermine Somalia's efforts to achieve ...

The election of the new Speaker of House of Representatives of Puntland State, in northern Somalia, on Saturday at parliament hall in the capital Garowe highlights the political maturity in ...

VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi. A senior political adviser to Puntland's President Mohamed Adde Muse tells VOA that thousands of Somaliland troops ...

Puntland has been in territorial disputes with Somaliland — which proclaimed its independence in 1991 –over the Sool and Sanaag regions. Yusuf was an army major when he sought political asylum ...