The Latest Breaking News from Puntland

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 terrorist group was the target of the first foreign combat operation of the Trump administration in February 2025. Previously, the…

Police say Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities.

State of Puntland refuses to recognise changes to the country’s constitution, which hand greater control to the president

Mogadishu also shuts down Addis Ababa’s consulates in Hargeisa, capital of the Somaliland, and Garowe in Puntland.

The daring attack in December bore unsettling hallmarks of the piracy that once terrorised global shipping off eastern Africa: a cargo vessel hijacked, its crew taken to Somalia, and disappeared.

Dozens of people had been killed after the Puntland Parliament voted to change the region’s voting system.

Clashes broke out after the opposition accused Puntland’s leader of seeking constitutional changes to extend tenure.

Analysts say the crisis is damaging foreign perception of Somaliland, long seen as relatively more stable than Somalia.

Six countries issue joint statement over clashes around town of Lascanood between Somaliland and local clan forces.