NAIROBI, KENYA - Authorities in Somalia's Puntland region this week banned the illegal entry of foreigners and ordered telecom companies to deactivate SIM cards linked to undocumented people and ...

Garowe (PP News Desk) — The Nugaal Police have today begun checking the residence status of foreigners in Garowe. The Puntland Interior Ministry Abdi Farah Said issued a directive aimed at preventing ...

Puntland, a semiautonomous state of Somalia that lies due east, disputes some of Somaliland’s territorial claims. Somaliland broke ties with Somalia’s government in Mogadishu after declaring ...

Over 20 people were killed and more than 10 others wounded during two days of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Tuesday.

Boosaaso (PP Editorial) — As counterterrorism operations against the terrorist group identifying itself as the Islamic State in Somalia (ISIS) in the Calmiskaad mountains continue, the Defence Forces ...

GAROWE, Somalia - Puntland's Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Ubah Abdirashid Mohamed Hersi, has condemned the Federal Government of Somalia for bypassing regional authorities ...

GAROWE, Somalia – Puntland has criticized the Somali Federal Government's expression of support for its ongoing fight against ISIS, calling it hollow and lacking meaningful action. The remarks came ...

Puntland Bari region. Strategic Importance of Puntland Puntland’s geographic location, where the Indian Ocean meets the Gulf of Aden, provides IS-Somalia with logistical advantages and natural ...

*The names of the hijackers are pseudonyms on condition of speaking to Al Jazeera. Mogadishu, Somalia – Liban Hassan* has spent most of his adult life fishing off Somalia’s northeast coast ...