Traditional elders from the Sanaag and Haylaan regions in northeastern Somalia have publicly rejected the Government of Somalia's approach to forming a new administration for the Sool and Sanaag, ...

Somalia's Minister of Defense, Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, on Tuesday firmly denied allegations that the Federal Government had deployed troops to the northern regions of Sanaag and Sool, dismissing the ...

The finalization of the SSC-Khaatumo regional administration remains a contentious issue in Somalia's Puntland State, as political disagreements escalate over territorial boundaries and strategic ...

BOSASO, March 31 (Reuters) - Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland said on Sunday it has withdrawn from the country's federal system and will govern itself independently until constitutional ...

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.

Puntland has just one two-person helicopter for medevacs, which it paid for itself, and the fighting is about to get a lot bloodier as soldiers push up a wide valley believed to house the Islamic ...

Just as Puntland has done before, so too is it now demonstrating that it is determined to fight the threat posed by jihadist groups like Islamic State in Somalia. Advertisement.

Puntland, where drought has also ravaged the countryside, however, considers itself more stable. Local leaders say they have been sounding the alarm for more than a year to little effect.

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 ...

By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO (Reuters) – Somali security forces said on Sunday they had killed 18 Islamist insurgents during an operation in the northern region of Puntland, although the milita… ...

The pirates in Puntland and elsewhere are exploiting a vacuum created by the withdrawal of Western navies from the sea. Some private firms, such as Xe (formerly known as Blackwater) ...