After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’.

Over 20 people were killed and more than 10 others wounded during two days of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces from Somalia's Puntland region, officials said Tuesday.

BOSSASO, Somalia - Operation Lightning continued for the second week in succession, with Puntland Defence Forces making tremendous ... miles from Bosaso town. A report published by the State ...

Puntland, known for its relative stability compared to other parts of Somalia, has seen an uptick ... We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington DC.

Captain Yusuf Mohamed, an officer in Puntland's counter-terrorism forces, told Reuters on Tuesday that nine suicide bombers had been killed and several soldiers had been injured, near the town of ...

near the town of Dharjaale in the Bari region. The group was officially recognised as the Somali province of Islamic State in 2017 and has been based in the mountainous areas of Puntland.

an officer in Puntland's counter-terrorism forces, told Reuters on Tuesday that nine suicide bombers had been killed and several soldiers had been injured, near the town of Dharjaale in the Bari ...

Puntland State TV said on Facebook eight suicide bombers were among those killed in the raid near the town of Dharjaale in the Bari region. Somalia's information minister did not immediately ...

Security forces in Somalia repulsed an attack by Islamic State suicide bombers on a military base in the northeastern region of Puntland on Tuesday, the local state broadcaster and a military official ...

Militants in Somalia staged an attack in the semi-autonomous northern Puntland state ... The morning assault near the town of Dharjaale -- roughly 200 kilometres (124 miles) from the commercial ...