British Petroleum has entered an agreement with the Somali government to resume its oil and gas exploration activities, which were abruptly stopped in 1991 after the central government was toppled. Reports indicate that the Somali government has been involved in negotiations… Read more ›
The Somali government has commenced a plan to issue fishermen with identification cards to eliminate the possibility of them being mistaken for pirates. Puntland’s Ministry for Fisheries and Marine Resources has revealed that about 2,000 ID cards have been doled… Read more ›
Two consultants of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have been shot and killed on Monday in Galkayo, the capital of Mudug, Puntland, north central Somalia. According to reports from local sources, the two men – reportedly… Read more ›
Lawmakers in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland have elected Abdiweli Mohamed Ali as president following a tightly contested election against the incumbent President Abdirahman Mohamed Farole today, Wednesday, January 8th, 2014. The elections, which was broadcast live on local television… Read more ›
Lawmakers in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region on Wednesday started voting for a new president amid tight security, officials said. The lawmakers — 65 men and one woman — were appointed by clan elders at the very end of next… Read more ›
At least 8 people have been confirmed dead and 37 others injured in Somalia’s northern port of Bassasso, Puntland on Thursday, when a suicide bomber attacked a military convoy. The bomber targeted the convoy carrying Puntland Marine Forces and local… Read more ›
About a week after a cyclone hit the eastern and northern coastal areas of Puntland, officials say delivering supplies to villages worst affected by the storm is proving difficult. Entire bridges and roads linking communities are reported to have been… Read more ›
The number of people killed by a tropical cyclone and heavy flooding in Somalia’s Puntland region over the weekend may be over 300, according to officials. The death toll had been put at about 100 earlier, but Puntland’s Interior Minister… Read more ›