“AFRICOM, alongside the Federal Government of Somalia and Somali Armed Forces, continues to take action to degrade ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region acknowledged it’s holding a vessel full of military equipment until it can work out ...

Al-Shabaab militants have captured the strategic central Somali town of Mahaas district, in Hiiran region of Somalia's Hirshabelle State, following heavy clashes with Somali government forces and ...

Somalia accused the semi-autonomous Puntland region of hijacking a ship with military equipment destined for a training ...

A stand off as Somalia demands release of a cargo ship carrying military equipment that was seized by semi-autonomous Puntland. The ship was reportedly transporting military equipment to Turkey’s ...

The Economist's July 24, 2025, article--painting Somalia's state-building as faltering and warning Mogadishu could fall to al ...

The United States launched a rare ground operation in northern Somalia that apprehended Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the finance emir for the Islamic State’s so-called Somali Province. The raid was the ...

Puntland state on Wednesday hit back at accusations by Somalia's federal government, dismissing Mogadishu's claim that the seizure of a weapons-carrying vessel amounted to "hijacking" and labelling ...

Puntland is relatively peaceful compared to southern Somalia, but local officials have grown concerned about the Islamic State’s rising strength, fueled by foreign fighters.

As part of the ongoing crackdown on jihadists, Ethiopia has arrested 82 persons suspected to be Islamic State terrorists, who ...

Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland said on Friday it had sent forces to the neighbouring region of Galmudug to help the military there push al Shabaab Islamist militants out of a ...

That is, when citizens of Puntland are ready to vote, IDs will make it easy for election judges to manage voters. “It will help us know the population of the residents,” Garaad said.