Global Affairs
Somalia calls for action as piracy resurges
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said in a statement on Sunday that the government strongly condemned the renewed piracy threat.
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Puntland executes woman in child murder case that sparked outrage
The execution was carried out under “qisas”, a principle in Islamic law that allows victims’ relatives to demand the death penalty for murder.
Global Affairs
Somalia: Woman sentenced to death for murder of 14-year-old girl
The Court in Gaalkacyo, a divided city straddling the border of Puntland and Galmudug states of Somalia, delivered the verdict on Monday following weeks of intense national attention.
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Turkish national suspected of ISIS ties captured in Puntland’s Cal Miskaat mountains
The suspect was apprehended during an ongoing counter-terrorism operation in the remote and rugged Cal Miskaat mountain range, a known hideout for ISIS-affiliated fighters.