Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a “province” of the ...

A US airstrike in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia has targeted ISIS militants in the Puntland region, ...

In the letter, Somalia offers “exclusive operational control” over the Berbera and Baledogle air bases and the ports of ...

The girl was reported missing by her family in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland last September. Months later, it ...

The Somali state of Puntland is witnessing an escalation of security challenges with an increase in military confrontations against the Islamic State ...

The group has recruits from Kenya, Tanzania, Argentina and other countries around the ...

Balidogle is about 90 km northwest of the capital, Mogadishu, while Bosaso is in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland.

The Islamic State in Somalia, founded in 2015 by Sheikh Abdulqader Muumin, capitalised on Puntland’s smuggling networks and rugged terrain to grow. Before the establishment of the Islamic State in ...

Puntland is the hub of communication and maritime trade between Somalia and Yemen, as well as the wider Middle East. Smuggling has gone on in the region for centuries. The rugged terrain is ideal ...

Military forces in the semiautonomous region of Puntland have been fighting to oust ISIS militants. Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with Katharine Houreld, east and southern Africa correspondent ...

GAROWE, Somalia - Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni-flagged fishing boat off the semi-autonomous Puntland region in northeast Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy naval force ...