Puntland declared itself an autonomous region of Somalia in 1998 amid the ongoing Somali civil war and has since achieved relative stability compared with the other parts of the country, which ...

A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been captured, police and state media have said, as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against the group.

A commercial vessel hijacked by unknown assailants remains off the coast of Somalia raising fears of further instability for global shipping as attacks escalate in the Red Sea, maritime security ...

The risks emanating from the maritime environment to South Africa are growing and require a cooperative approach to be ...

Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland said on Sunday it has withdrawn from the country's federal system and will govern itself independently until constitutional amendments passed by the ...

Fighters of the proscribed extremist group ISIS have left behind foreign passports as they died or fled a rain of aerial raids in Puntland, Somalia.

Puntland, an oil-rich, semi-autonomous territory in eastern Somalia, will select a new president on January 8.

It also cooperated effectively with other forces to defeat a 2016 al-Shabab attempt to attack Puntland from the sea. The U.S. and UAE have supported the Puntland government’s campaign.

Puntland’s success in combating a growing Islamic State group presence in the northeastern region is particularly notable given the relative lack of success of the central Somali government’s ...