The Federal Government of Somalia, in close coordination with the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), has confirmed two targeted airstrikes against ISIS-Somalia militants in the Puntland region.

Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland is criticizing changes made by the federal parliament to the country’s provisional constitution and announced it is withdrawing recognition for ...

Armed factions in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland have agreed to a ceasefire, a local leader told Reuters news agency on Wednesday, a day after at least 26 people were killed and 30 ...

GAROWE, Somalia, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The parliament of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland state will choose the state's next leader on Jan. 8, after current leader Said Abdullahi Deni dropped ...

More than two dozen people were killed during heavy fighting in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland. Clashes broke out on Tuesday in the state capital Garowe as the local parliament ...

Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland said it would shun federal institutions on Sunday, demanding a full referendum on planned changes to the Horn of Africa country's constitution. On ...

IS in Somalia - with an estimated 700 to 1,500 fighters in Puntland's mountains - is much smaller than al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, which controls large parts of southern and central Somalia.

This page is no longer being updated.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 ...