Today heralds the commencement of Somalia’s Independence Week—a period for both solemn reflection and collective national ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland is criticizing changes made by the federal parliament to the country’s provisional constitution and announced it is withdrawing recognition for ...

NAIROBI, KENYA — Authorities in Somalia’s Puntland region this week banned the illegal entry of foreigners and ordered telecom companies to deactivate SIM cards linked to undocumented people ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 3 April 2024 Puntland, an arid region of north-east Somalia, declared itself an autonomous state in August 1998, in part to avoid the ...

Somalia's northeastern Puntland region announced a major offensive against Islamic State and a rival Islamist group, the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, in December and claims to have since captured ...

GAROWE, Somalia - The Islamic State group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Somalia's northeastern region of Puntland a day earlier, the group posted on its ...

Puntland, an arid region of north-east Somalia, declared itself an autonomous state in August 1998, in part to avoid the clan warfare engulfing southern Somalia. Despite its relative stability ...