“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.

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

The Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) intercepted the vessel in the Gulf of Aden and searched it, capturing the military ...

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

“Puntland anti-terrorism forces in the Dharjale, Bari region were attacked by the bloodsucking Daesh terrorist group,” he said. “The security forces have been following their movements, and ...

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 a region in northeast Somalia that declared itself as an autonomous state in August 1998 and has been seeking to be part of a federal Somalia. Its decision to withdraw from the Somali ...

Soldiers in Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous state of Puntland on Tuesday staged a mutiny over unpaid salaries, an official said. Abdinour Abdi Ahmed, a security official in Puntland's Bari ...

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 war-torn nation.

FILE - Soldiers from Somalia's Puntland keep guard on high grounds at the Galgala hills, during preparations for an offense against al-Shabaab militants, north of the capital Mogadishu, Jan. 9, 2015.

Puntland, unlike the breakaway region of Somaliland to the west, does not consider itself an independent country. Until now, it had supported the federal government, which is backed by the ...