Puntland is activating security operations in the Bari region to counter the growing influence of the militants, with another team targeting Galkayo where Al-Shabaab militants are also making inroads.

BOSASO, Somalia - A senior member of the ISIS militants surrendered to the Puntland Defence Forces on Tuesday, senior ...

Galkayo (PP News Desk) — Officials from Puntland State of Somalia and the Somali Region of Ethiopia (DDS) held a meeting ...

Garowe (PP Editorial) — The counterterrorism operation launched by the Puntland State Defence Force against ISIS and affiliated groups in the mountainous areas of ...

Faduma Ali, a prostitute in the inland town of Galkayo that became a pirate haven, longs for the days when her pirate customers had money. As she smoked a hookah in a hot, airless room last week, she ...