Tag: Puntland
Prominent Somali politicians protest at election overhaul deal
A group of leading Somali politicians denounced Monday a move to overhaul the country’s electoral system and introduce universal suffrage, charging that ...Clashes resume in Las Anod as Somaliland’s grip of eastern region loosens
Deadly clashes resumed for the second day in a row in the Somalia’s northern town of Las Anod between the forces of ...First phase of anti-terror offensives in ‘final stages’: Mohamud
The first phase of the military offensive against Al-Shabaab is in its “final stages”, Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said during a ...US alarmed by ‘democratic backsliding’ in breakaway Somaliland
The United States has expressed alarm on the “democratic backsliding” and instability in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region amid heavy fighting in northern ...Puntland State contradicts Somalia’s blue economy strategy
Somalia’s Puntland State is once again on a collision path with the country’s government in Mogadishu over a blue economy strategy seen ...Somalia executes 2 ex-police officers for murder
The armed forces court in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has on Monday executed two former members of the Somali Police Force by a ...Somalia’s Lower House Passes Historic Anti-Terrorism Law
The lower house of Somalia’s Parliament on Wednesday approved a new anti-terrorism law that aims to provide a legal framework that will ...Puntland executes 13 terrorists after military court ruling
Somalia’s Puntland State on Wednesday executed 13 Al-Shabaab and Daesh terrorists by firing squad after Puntland State Court of Armed Forces had ...Somalia is a ‘single state’, President Mohamud says
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Wednesday that Somalia is a “single state” and that the central government is fully responsible for ...Federal, member state leaders’ issue joint communique
The three-day National Consultative Council (NCC) came into a conclusion on Wednesday with federal and member state leaders agreeing on a five-point ...
