Somalia's federal government condemned on Monday a plan by Puntland's regional president, Said Abdullahi Deni, to establish a regional identity agency, calling it a breach of national law and an ...

Members of the Puntland Counter-Terrorism Forces who have been fighting Islamic State fighters, killing several of them in the Calmiskaad mountains: (Photo: Puntland Counter-Terrorism Operations) ...

The Somali government last week relaunched a national identification and voter registration programme that, if completed, would mark a step towards a return to universal suffrage.

Reports have emerged that the United Arab Emirates has deployed an advanced radar system to northeastern Somalia, specifically to the Puntland Maritime Headquarters adjacent to the UAE-operated Bosaso ...

This is a result of their surrender in 2019 when they surrendered to the US-backed SDF and ended up in prisons.

Though each crisis is driven by different, home-grown causes, “the question of who controls the Red Sea and who will ...

Las Anod officials confirmed the death of Farah Aydiid Jama, who is reported to be an Ethiopian Consulate official in Garowe, the capital of Puntland state in Somalia.The officials attributed his ...

This becomes the sixth federal state after Jubaland, Puntland, Hirshabelle, Galmudug, and Southwest — with another region — Somaliland, fighting for international recognition having purportedly ...

Somalia on Tuesday launched voter registration in the capital Mogadishu for the first time in over 50 years, a step towards ...

The UN Security Council is due to vote in mid-May on the “hybrid” funding model based on Resolution 2719, which allows ...

In 2023, the semi-autonomous state of Puntland held local polls by direct ballot, but rowed back on plans to use the system again for local and regional leadership elections early last year.