The standoff continues between the government of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the federal government of Somalia over a cargo ship loaded with Turkish weaponry that is being detained.The ...

As Western countries curtail support, the fate of one the world’s oldest state-building projects hangs in the balance. Three ...

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

The Somali state of Puntland on Thursday rejected accusations of piracy made by the central government after it seized a ship off the province's coastline.

Puntland's regional government has issued a strongly worded statement in response to accusations from the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), which claimed that Puntland authorities had "pirated" and ...

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 leader Said Abdullahi Deni and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud have differed over electoral controls.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ido Levy, American University School of International Service (THE CONVERSATION ...

Somalia's Puntland region needs more help from the central government and the African Union to fight al Shabaab militants, especially equipment and ammunition, the president of the semi-autonomous ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ido Levy, American University (THE CONVERSATION) On Feb. 24, 2025, members of the ...

The town, located in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern region of Puntland, was one of numerous areas that soldiers from the regional government have taken back during Operation Hilaac, an ...