Africa’s Tora Bora is deployed here to evoke a deliberate strategic and symbolic parallel between the Cal Miskad mountain ...

Somalia’s arid, semi-autonomous Puntland region has been having a lively couple of months recently due to hotly contested elections. On Wednesday, the country’s northeastern region will select ...

Although Puntland’s former president, Abdirahman Farole — in office from 2009 until January 2014 — made repeated public pledges and some concrete efforts to undermine, arrest, and convict ...

Published On 8 Jan 2014 8 Jan 2014 Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland has chosen Abdiweli Mohamed Ali as president in a vote held in Garowe the regions capital, amid tight security.

Islamic scholars in Puntland state of northern Somalia have issued a 21-point declaration on the upcoming Puntland elections 2014, urging piety, peace and progress, Garowe Online reports.

The president of Puntland State in northern Somalia Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Farole has received former Puntland President Gen. Mohamud Muse Hirsi (Adde) at the State House on Sunday for discussions ...

This US-trained economist beat the incumbent Abdirahman Muhammad Mahmud "Farole" by one vote in parliament to become the president of the Puntland autonomous region in January 2014. Mr Gas, who ...

Former Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was elected president of the semi-autonomous Puntland region in a vote by lawmakers, narrowly defeating the incumbent who conceded defeat.

In 2014, the country exported a record 5.3 million animals to mostly Middle Eastern countries, the highest such figure in two decades, according to FAO. ... In Puntland, Somali veterinarians ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The semi-autonomous Somalia region of Puntland has elected a new president.Officials on Wednesday confirmed that Abdiweli Mohammed Ali Gaas is the region’s new… ...