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
MAY 28, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB STONE A MAN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
Al Shabaab fighters in Somalia stoned a man to death as a punishment for committing adultery.
- MAY 27, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: 5 INSURGENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTEMPTED BOMBINGS
A Somali court sentenced five men to death after they were caught with a vehicle laden with explosives, a court official said, a rare successful prosecution in a country where bombings by the Islamist insurgency are increasing.
- MAY 18, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES MAN INVOLVED IN MOGADISHU MARKET EXPLOSION
A Somali military court has executed a man who was accused to be involved in a car bomb attack at garden market in Waberi district in Mogadishu.
MAY 18, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAB CUTS OFF HANDS OF 2 MEN CONVICTED BY SHARIA COURT
Somalia's al-Shabab publicly cut off the right hands of two men after a sharia court convicted them of breaking into a shop and stealing about $500, the al-Qaida-linked group said.
MAY 2, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYPUNTLAND: BOYS EXECUTED FOR ALLEGED TERRORISM
Puntland is under criticism following the execution of some children suspected to be members of the Al-Shabaab terror group.
- APRIL 24, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: FOUR MILITANTS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IN BAIDOA CITY
Somali military court executed four suspects linked to Al- Shabaab for carrying out blasts in the town of Baidoa, the administrative capital of Southwest last year.
APRIL 22, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES POLICE OFFICER FOR KILLING CIVILIAN
Somali Military Court executed a police officer in Mogadishu for killing a civilian last year, Somaliupdate reports.
- APRIL 8, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND MILITARY COURT EXECUTES 5 SUSPECTS LINKED TO AL SHABAAB
A military court in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland executed five alleged Al Shabaab members in the Gulf of Aden port city of Bossaso, Garowe Online reports.
MARCH 13, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB MILITANT BEHIND BOMBING SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Somali military court sentenced an Al-Shabaab militant to death and two others to 15 years in jail after convicting them of being behind a deadly bomb attack on November 26, 2016.
FEBRUARY 13, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYPUNTLAND: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES 7 HARAKAT SHEBAB OPERATIVES TO DEATH
Somalia’s Puntland military court has sentenced seven Harakat Shebab operatives also known as Al-Shabaab to death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2017SomaliaDEATH 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.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR ISIL LINKS
A military court in the northeastern semi-autonomous state of Puntland sentenced two men to death for allegedly being Islamic State members.