Analysis - On Feb. 24, 2025, members of the Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the ...

Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a “province” of the ...

BOSASO, Somalia - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) struct several bases controlled ... The ISIS militants, mostly foreigners, had established more permanent bases in Puntland state, with the ultimate ...

Since February, the terrorist group al-Shabaab has been on the offensive in Somalia, with many fearing that they aim to take Mogadishu, the capital. Following a 2022 government offensive in the middle ...

After its battlefield defeat, it’s unclear if the Islamic State in Somalia retains the ability to extort money from the ...

Puntland is the hub of communication and maritime trade between Somalia and Yemen, as well as the wider Middle ... This was ...

Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has rejected an attempt by the central government to give the US exclusive control ...

A transitional parliament for Somalia -- the first since the Horn of Africa country dissolved into chaos in 1991 -- was formally inaugurated in the neighboring state of Djibouti on Sunday. Djibouti's ...

But the problem is also closer to home, with some federal member states, such as Puntland and ... support to Somalia Somalia has been a site of intense competition between powerful countries, such as ...

Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S.