In 1998, Puntland’s leaders declared it an autonomous state. Yet, the Puntland region is for the unity of the Somali people unlike Somaliland which advocates secession. Importantly, Puntland is not seeking recognition as a separate country from the world.

It will feature Cuban-American rapper Pitbull; hip-hop M.C. Flo Rida; season eight "American Idol" runner-up and pop star Adam Lambert; electropop artist and M.C. Dev; D.J. and producer Calvin Harris; Somali-Canadian rapper and reggae artist K’naan ...

THE midnight attack by European Union naval forces against a pirate base on the Somali mainland represents a welcome improvement in the west’s efforts to tackle one of the more resolvable security challenges of the modern age. One of the main purposes of ...

NAIROBI, May 17, 2012 (AFP) -- Love-struck teenagers, angry parents, rowing couples: Somali youth tired of seeing their homeland portrayed as a war-torn famine zone have started making films to show a different side to their country. "The world ...

There have been attacks in Nairobi and the coastal town of Mombasa in recent months, with hit-and-run grenade blasts in the capital blamed on Somali militant group al-Shabab. Attackers fired shots and detonated grenades outside a nightclub in Mombasa on ...

With the initiating of the first attack on Somali shores by the EU Naval Force, Operation Atlanta is set to escalate into a significant involvement by EU forces as EU elites steadily increase the European Union’s military presence in the region of the ...

LEWISTON — A soccer tournament, a wedding and a trip to Oregon are in Rilwan Osman's near future. Osman works as a parent liaison at Longley Elementary School and is a well-known Somali Bantu community and youth leader. He's marrying Fatuma ...

Somali fishermen did not get into the business of piracy to make life more difficult than it was. Snatching luxury and commercial vessels at sea and holding crews and passengers for ransom was once a low-risk affair. Because pirate ships are small, they're ...

The deadline for the release of her father Captain Jawaid Saleem Khan and 21 others held by Somali pirates expired on Tuesday. But well past midnight, no one was sure if the $2.85 million (Dh10.45 million) ransom money had been raised. A financial ...