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
APRIL 11, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAB JOURNALIST EXECUTED
A former journalist who joined the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab was executed in Somalia’s capital for
- APRIL 9, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: TWO SHABAB FIGHTERS EXECUTED FOR KILLING JOURNALIST
Two members of Somalia`s Al-Qaeda-linked Shabab jihadist group were executed by firing squad for the murder of a journalist killed by a car bomb last year, a judge said.
APRIL 2, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES A TANZANIAN JIHADIST
A jihadist from Tanzania was executed in Southern Somalia.
MARCH 26, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: EX-SHABAB MEDIA OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY
The High Military Court of Somalia sentenced Ex-Shabab media officer, Hassan Hanafi to a death penalty
- MARCH 20, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: FEMALE JOURNALIST KILLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two Al shabaab members who have been convicted of murdering a female Somali journalist were
MARCH 12, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: COURT SENTENCES 5 TO DEATH OVER RESTAURANT BOMBING
Somalia’s military tribunal sentenced five suspects to death for their roles in the recent deadly suicide
- FEBRUARY 25, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES ALLEGED AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS
A Somali Military court sentenced six defendant accused for being members of Alshabab assassin squad.
FEBRUARY 8, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR THE FORMATION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has stressed the need to form
- JANUARY 19, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL SHABAAB BEHEADS 60-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT
Somali militant group al-Shabaab publicly beheaded an elderly man in Southern Somalia after accusing him
JANUARY 17, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALILAND: THREE CONVICTED OF MURDERS EXECUTED
The breakaway northern Somalia region of Somaliland executed three people including a woman and her
- JANUARY 11, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND: THE GOVERNMENT EXECUTES SIX CONVICTED FOR MURDER
Somaliland government carried out the execution of 6 prisoners in different regions of the country. The 6
- JANUARY 1, 2016SomaliaDEATH 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.