“AFRICOM, alongside the Federal Government of Somalia and Somali Armed Forces, continues to take action to degrade ...

Somalia has formed a new state by annexing territory from self-governing regions in a move that could worsen already-tense relations in the Horn of Africa country.

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 ...

Al-Shabaab militants have captured the strategic central Somali town of Mahaas district, in Hiiran region of Somalia's Hirshabelle State, following heavy clashes with Somali government forces and ...

The United States launched a rare ground operation in northern Somalia that apprehended Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the finance emir for the Islamic State’s so-called Somali Province. The raid was the ...

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 ...

The Economist's July 24, 2025, article--painting Somalia's state-building as faltering and warning Mogadishu could fall to al-Shabab--has sparked a firestorm online. On X, Somalis are calling it ...

A stand off as Somalia demands release of a cargo ship carrying military equipment that was seized by semi-autonomous Puntland. The ship was reportedly transporting military equipment to Turkey’s ...

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.

Fatuma Warsama's belongings are seen in a temporary camp in the Puntland desert, Somalia, March 2017 (N. Wadekar/VOA). Pastoralists like Fatuma travel miles in search of water and pasture.

On Puntland’s western border is the disputed Sool and Sanaag region. Both Puntland and Somaliland – a breakaway region in northwestern Somalia – claim this patch of land.