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.

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

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 ...

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. Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid ...

Puntland Chief of Military Operation, Brigadier Gen Mohamed Adan Jama alias Degelle stressed last Thursday that the military campaign against the terrorists has entered its third Phase.“The ...

Puntland, an oil-rich, semi-autonomous territory in eastern Somalia, will select a new president on Jan. 8 in a parliamentary vote that comes as Mogadishu is seized with trying to assert its ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The Islamic State armed group attacked military bases in Somalia's northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, but government forces repelled ...