Somali regional authorities in Puntland are vowing to retake a town captured by pro-Islamic State militants this week. The president of the region, Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, said his ...

Puntland is the hub of communication and maritime trade between Somalia and Yemen, ... First, an Islamic State leader has to be drawn from a tribe related to the prophet (Qureshi).

The Puntland Government warned his exploration team that landmines were a problem in some areas. ... "I think this tribe wanted to get some benefit from the agreement," he said in an email.

The Puntland government has linked Atom to numerous kidnappings, bombings, and assassinations in the region since 2008. ... a sub-clan of the larger Somali Darod tribe, ...

The ISIS armed group attacked military bases in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, but government forces ...

This page is no longer being updated.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 ...

BOSASO, March 31 (Reuters) - Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland said on Sunday it has withdrawn from the country's federal system and will govern itself independently until constitutional ...

Somalia’s oil-rich Puntland region will on Thursday hold its first democratic local elections since 1967, a significant turnaround for the semi-autonomous state that’s long been known as a ...

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 ...