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Committee to Protect Journalists Condemns Grenade Attack on Radio Station in the Semi-autonomous Somali Region of Puntland
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned Tuesday’s grenade attack on a radio station in the semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland, and called for authorities to take immediate steps to identify and prosecute the perpetrators.
Somalia’s Semi-autonomous Regions, Galmudug And Puntland Agree to End Border Dispute
The leaders of Somalia’s two semi-autonomous regions, Galmudug and Puntland, on Monday in Mogadishu committed to a peaceful settlement of their border dispute and adopted a four-point plan to ensure that hostilities between the two territories do...
Helping Somalia’s Young People Find Work
Instead of joining militias or idling at street corners, the youth in Garowe, the regional capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, are learning skills to help them earn a living, officials said.
SOMALIA: Thousands Affected As Floods Cut Off Area in Puntland
Thousands of people in the district of Alula, in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, have been cut off by floods following heavy rains, say officials. “For five days, Alula town and the villages around it have been cut off,” Mohamed...
South Africa Encourages Peace Process in Somalia
International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim I Ebrahim has said that South Africa remains concerned about the prevailing situation in Somalia and its impact on the countries of the East Africa Region.
United Nation Food Agency Relocates to Somalia’s Semi-autonomous Puntland State
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has transferred some of its offices in southern Somalia to the relatively calm regional semi-autonomous state of Puntland in north-eastern Somalia, a senior Somali official confirmed Sunday. Abdirahman Mahmoud...
French Navy Transfers Six Pirates to Puntland Authorities
The French navy engaged in the fight-piracy operating in Somali waters and in the Indian Ocean has transferred six Somali pirates to Somalia’s northeastern semi-autonomous state of Puntland, regional security minister revealed Thursday. The pirates...
ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA: Puntland Begins Repatriating Ethiopian Migrants
Authorities in Somalia’s self-declared autonomous region of Puntland have begun repatriating hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, officials told IRIN. Read more of the story here at the IRIN news service: ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA: Puntland begins repatriating...
