The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the ...

A Turkish vessel carrying military supplies for Somalia's armed forces has been forced to divert to Djibouti after ...

Coastal communities in Somalia's Bari region are facing mounting tensions after the Puntland Minister of Fisheries, Abdirisaaq Cabdullaahi Xagaa, authorized the entry of foreign trawlers into local ...

Gulper shark liver oil is at the centre of an emerging illegal enterprise in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

The roof of the cave where Islamic State militants sat cooking their food is still charred black.We see porcupine quills scattered around, giving an indication of what the extremists last ate ...

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been trying to gain control of the federal states, some of which are fighting ...

An American raid on Friday saw U.S. troops capture Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the chief money man for ISIS in Somalia since 2019.

Armed factions in Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland agreed a ceasefire on Wednesday, a local leader said, a day after at least 26 people were killed and 30 injured in clashes over ...

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 ...

That is, when citizens of Puntland are ready to vote, IDs will make it easy for election judges to manage voters. “It will help us know the population of the residents,” Garaad said.

Puntland, Somalia – Ahmed Osman, 34, gathered his tiny son into his arms and walked for three hours to reach the nearest medical centre in Dhudo village in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of ...

Once people in Puntland agree to something, he said, there is usually a strong commitment to deliver. “In a sense, it’s taking us back to what we saw many years ago in terms of a handshake and ...