Somalia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- transitional federal-parliamentary government: there is no permanent national government
- CONSTITUTION
- September 23, 1979
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- there is no national system; a mix of English common law, Italian law, Islamic law, and traditional Somali norms
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- not operational: following the fall of the National Government, many regions reintroduced Islamic law and Somali customary law, with the possibility of appeal
RELIGIONS
Sunni Muslims
From the country
JANUARY 14, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SOMALI SOLDIER GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING CIVILIAN
Somali military court on 12 January 2019 sentenced an army officer to the death penalty after he was found guilty of intentionally killing a civilian identified as Dayah Iman Hassan on 21st October last year near Seybiyano locality in Hodan district, Moga
- JANUARY 8, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY EXECUTES TWO AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS IN MOGADISHU
Somali military authorities on 7 January 2019 executed two members of the Al-Shabaab militia group in the capital of Mogadishu, after being convicted for the murder of a traditional elder in Mogadishu.
- JANUARY 1, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
The penal code of Somalia represents an amalgam of various legal systems and traditions.
The penal code of Somalia represents an amalgam of various legal systems and traditions.
- DECEMBER 31, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI TROOPS EXECUTE SIX MILITANTS IN GEDO REGION
Six members of the Al-Shabaab militia group were executed on 31 December 2018.
DECEMBER 29, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES AL-SHABAAB ASSASSIN IN BAIDOA FOR THE MURDER OF A PROMINENT CLERIC
Somali military court on 29 December 2018 executed Al-Shabaab member who assassinated a famous cleric in Baidoa last year.
- DECEMBER 27, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI MILITARY COURT EXECUTES DEATH SENTENCE
The mastermind of militant car bombs that killed 26 people and injured nearly 40 others in Mogadishu in 2017 was executed in Somalia 24 December 2018, the prosecutor of the military court said.
DECEMBER 21, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES SUSPECTED GOVERNMENT MILITARY OFFICER
The firing squad of the Al-Shabaab militia group on 19 December 2018 publicly executed a suspected government military officer in Middle Shabelle’s Galboole village.
DECEMBER 14, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES THREE MEN, INCLUDING FORMER ELECTORAL DELEGATE
Al-Shabaab militant killed three men in an execution-style, accusing two of them working with the Somali army, Radio Shabelle reported on 12 December 2018.
NOVEMBER 20, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: EX-JUBBALAND COP EXECUTED FOR MURDER
A former member of the Jubbaland armed forces was executed on 19 November 2018 in Kismaayo for the killing of a prominent elder.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT IN PUNTLAND SLAPS 4 MEN WITH DEATH PENALTY
A military court in Puntland state has sentenced four men to death penalty over charges of terrorism, sources confirmed on 14 November 2018.
- NOVEMBER 5, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIERS TO DEATH FOR KILLING
Somali Military Court has on 5 November 2018 sentenced two members of armed forces to death for murder.
- OCTOBER 27, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
in the southern district of Saakow, Habiba Ali Isaq, a 30 year old mother of eight children, was
in the southern district of Saakow, Habiba Ali Isaq, a 30 year old mother of eight children, was