(THE CONVERSATION) On Feb. 24, 2025, members of the Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a “province” of the Islamic State group. The ...

As per his description, the footage shows the US-backed Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) and Puntland military pursuing Islamic State terrorists in the Bari Mountains of Somalia. The viral ...

Bossaso (WDN)— Puntland’s war against terrorism has entered a historic chapter, as President Said Abdullahi Deni announced the near-completion of Operation Hillaac, a sweeping military offensive that ...

Yet from the Puntland mountains, Islamic State in Somalia grew into a key node of the terrorist group’s global network. It is now a hub for transferring funds and drawing recruits from across ...

The Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) was initially run by a UAE-based company, in violation of a UN arms embargo, and reported directly to the Puntland president, bypassing the sovereignty of ...

It is also understood that almost 200 Emirati troops are hosted at a PMPF base in Puntland’s Bosaso. Elsewhere in Somalia, the UAE has supported several military units and provided training and ...

Pirates demand $10M ransom for Chinese vessel, 18 hostages Somali maritime police from the PMPF patrol the Gulf of Aden off the coast of the semi-autonomous state of Puntland on 26 November 2023. - ...

Puntland State President Said Abdullahi Deni displayed remarkable composure in agreeing to the elders’ proposed solution. However, his critics are now accusing him of instigating political and ...

In the mid of 2023, the State of Puntland witnessed a historic landmark of holding democratic elections since in 1969. Puntland is a state in northeastern the Federal Republic of Somalia, and occupies ...

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 ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland is criticizing changes made by the federal parliament to the country’s provisional constitution and announced it is withdrawing recognition for ...

Reuters Members of the Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) patrol the Gulf of Aden waters off the coast of Bosaso in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, Somalia January 30. Reuters 11:18 JST, ...