Somalia is facing a rapidly worsening drought emergency, with vast swaths of the country now parched after four failed rainy ...

Authorities in the Somali autonomous region of Puntland said eight foreign militants were killed following an attack by Islamic fighters on security forces early Tuesday. Residents said the attack ...

U.S. airstrikes in Somalia have risen from 10 in 2024 to more than 100 so far this year, the U.S. Africa Command said.

Puntland refused to recognize the authority of the federal government of Somalia on Sunday, rejecting the latest constitutional reforms approved by the Somali Parliament. The Council of Ministers ...

MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somalia's northeastern Puntland region said Monday it had cut all relations with the central government in Mogadishu, raising the prospect of further fractures to the already ...

A BLOODLUST preacher who swapped the mosques of London for the caves of Somalia is believed to be the new supreme leader of ...

Forcibly displaced Palestinians return to their homes in Gaza - Ali Hamad/Avalon Israel is considering plans to send Gazans to Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, after Donald Trump’s pledge to ...

A soldier from Somalia's Puntland keeps guard on high grounds at the Galgala hills, during preparations for an offense against al Shabaab militants, north of the capital Mogadishu, January 8, 2015 ...

Fighters aligned with the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) took control of a small town in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region Wednesday. The militants took over the port town of Qandala ...

Islamic State recruits at the “Dawoud al Somali” training camp in Somalia’s northern Puntland region. In photos released online yesterday, the Islamic State showed fighters within its Somali branch ...

Puntland, an arid region of north-east Somalia, declared itself an autonomous state in August 1998, in part to avoid the clan warfare engulfing southern Somalia. Despite its relative stability, the ...

The semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland is perhaps best known for its pirates. They’ve hijacked many ships and crewmembers demanding millions of dollars in ransom. But efforts are underway to ...