Puntland has never declared secession from Somalia, but it has made it clear that it will not collaborate with Villa Somalia’s self-serving political agenda. Puntland’s leaders and people refuse to be ...

Somalia stands at a dangerous crossroads, with its security architecture unravelling under the pressures of resurgent ...

Omar Mahmood, a senior researcher at the International Crisis Group, said the IS threat is growing. "It's not just about the Islamic State in Puntland or in Somalia itself, but the group there ...

By Dr. Mursal M. Khaliif, member of SFP Recent events in Somalia have raised the real prospect of an Al Shabaab revival, to ...

For years, billions of dollars have poured into Somalia, aimed at rebuilding a nation scarred by decades of turmoil. Yet, as ...

In an interview Tuesday with VOA’s Somali Service, a spokesperson for Puntland security operations, Brigadier General Mohamud Mohamed Ahmed — known as Fadhigo — said the militants waged ...

The government of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said Sunday that US military strikes in the Golis mountains had killed "key figures" in the Islamic State group. US President Donald ...

BALIDHIDIN, Somalia - The dead ... was delayed while Puntland tried to negotiate support from international partners, including the United States. But the political transition in Washington ...

BALIDHIDIN, Somalia (Reuters) - Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive they hope will draw ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The Islamic State armed group attacked military bases in Somalia's northeastern Puntland state overnight with suicide car and motorbike bombs, but government forces repelled ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and ...