When Puntland emerged in 1998, it was born out of necessity, vision, and defiance. It rose from the vacuum of a collapsed ...

Puntland refused to recognize the authority of the federal government of Somalia on Sunday, rejecting the latest constitutional reforms approved by the Somali Parliament. The Council of Ministers ...

GAROWE, Somalia - Puntland has defended the recent pact with Somaliland, despite wide criticism from some quarters, ending days of suspicions, probably politically motivated to undermine the current ...

GALKAYO, Somalia (UNHCR) - Carpenter Mohammad Gas Dunkal received a gift when he returned to his homeland of Somalia in 1995, after four years as a refugee in Kenya: the UN refugee agency gave him one ...

(Bloomberg) -- The oil-rich, semiautonomous region of Puntland said it will operate as a state that’s independent from Somalia until changes to the Somali constitution adopted on Saturday are approved ...

BOSASSO, Somalia, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region will refuse to recognise a proposed national hydrocarbon law that nullifies any exploration deals struck after 1990, its ...

BOSSASO, Somalia, July 21 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has resumed the repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya's Dadaab camp while trying to build more confidence for further returns to Puntland ...

A woman and child relax next to a mural of Somaliland’s flag, in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Feb. 9, 2022 (AP photo by Brian Inganga). Over the last few months, there’s been a dramatic flare-up of fighting ...

GAROWE (Reuters) - Somalia's Puntland region needs more help from the central government and the African Union to fight al Shabaab militants, especially equipment and ammunition, the president of the ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -At least 36 people died on Tuesday in violence across Somalia that involved heavy fighting in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland and bomb explosions in the country's Lower ...

Authorities in the Somali autonomous region of Puntland said eight foreign militants were killed following an attack by Islamic fighters on security forces early Tuesday. Residents said the attack ...