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
- OCTOBER 15, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PERPETRATOR EXECUTED ON ANNIVERSARY OF DEADLIEST ATTACK
Somalia on 14 October 2018 executed by firing squad a man linked to one of the country's deadliest ever attacks, one year after the tragedy which left over 500 dead, a court statement and police sources said.
OCTOBER 10, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES FIVE MEN ACCUSED OF SPYING
Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamists on 9 October 2018 shot five men in a public execution, including a Somali British citizen accused of spying.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ISIL AND AL SHABAAB MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Somalia’s Puntland military court on September 26, 2018 sentenced alleged Al Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab and Islamic State groups’ members to death and life in prison.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT IN BELEDWEYNE SENTENCES A SOLDIER TO DEATH
A military court in Beledweyne on September 22, 2018 sentenced a soldier to death for killing a civilian in the district late last month.
JULY 22, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB CUTS OFF HAND OF SOMALI MAN FOR ‘STEALING’
Somali militant group Al-Shabaab cut off the right hand of a suspected thief in Kunyo Barrow.
- JULY 3, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES ELECTORAL DELEGATE IN MIDDLE SHABELLE
Al-Shabaab militant group has shot dead an elder, who took part in 2016 elections as a delegate.
JUNE 22, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES THREE SOLDIERS OVER KILLINGS
Somali military court in Jubbaland has executed three government soldiers who were found guilty of killing civilians.
JUNE 21, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH OVER MURDER
The Somali military court has sentenced a government soldier to death over the murder of a colleague in Mogadishu.
JUNE 14, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA - DEATH PENALTY AND TERRORISM
PROJECT OF HAND OFF CAIN
- MAY 30, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCE 2 AL-SHABAAB OPERATIVES TO DEATH OVER NASA HABLOD HOTEL ATTACK IN MOGADISHU
Somali military court handed a death sentence to two Al-Shabaab operatives for their role in the deadly attack on Nasa Hablod hotel in the capital, Mogadishu.
- MAY 28, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: TWO KENYAN AL-SHABAAB FIGHTERS EXECUTED FOR SPYING FOR KDF
Al Shabaab terror group executed two Kenyans it accused of spying for Somali and Kenyan intelligence services.
MAY 9, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: WOMAN STONED TO DEATH AFTER AL-SHABAB CONVICTION
The Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabab says it has stoned to death a woman accused of marrying 11 men.