Puntland passed the Sexual Offences Act in August 2016, being the first regional state in Somalia to issue such a law. But justice continues to elude victims of sexual violence.

Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region has taken a first step towards banning female genital mutilation (FGM) in a country where almost all women and girls are forced to undergo the ...

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 ...

Women and girls in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland who accuse police, army and marines of raping them are not receiving justice, campaigners said on Tuesday.

A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been captured, police and state media have said, as security forces continue a ...

The current Puntland leadership's mandate for ruling the Puntland State affairs is scheduled to end on June 30th 2001. Somalia: Puntland People Cries for Justice And Improved Livelihoods ...

Puntland's justice minister said girls should be "left the way they are born". Hospitals, midwives and traditional circumcisers will face stiff penalties. Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region has ...