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 11, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALILAND: 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 3, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: NISA SOLDIER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IN MOGADISHU
A soldier serving Somalia’s National Security and Intelligence Agency (NISA) has been executed by a firing
- 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.
JANUARY 1, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES 5 YOUNG MEN FOR 'SPYING' ON THEM
The Al-Shabaab militant group has executed five young men for allegedly spying for United States and the
- DECEMBER 23, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ISLAMISTS PUBLICLY EXECUTE TWO OFFICIALS
Islamist militant group al Shabaab publicly executed a Somali military officer and the leader of a small town
- NOVEMBER 16, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS EXECUTE PROMINENT CLERIC IN PUBLIC
Al-Shabaab militants killed prominent Muslim Cleric in an area between Jowhar and Beledweyn towns. The
NOVEMBER 12, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH IN MOGADISHU
Two Somali National Army officers have been sentenced to death by a court martial in Mogadishu after
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FORMER AL-SHABAAB FIGHTER EXECUTED IN BAIDOA FOR RAPE CASE
A former Al-Shabaab fighter who has surrendered himself to the Somali government in the beginning of this year was on September 29
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SEVEN SOLDIERS EXECUTED FOR ‘MURDERING CIVILIANS’
Seven soldiers were executed by firing squad in the Southern strategic port town of Kismayo after a court
- AUGUST 31, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
JUBALAND (SOMALIA): FOUR PEOPLE EXECUTED ON SUSPICION OF BEING AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS
Interim Jubaland Administration’s soldiers have reportedly executed at least four people including a woman on suspicion of being Al-Shabaab militants.
- AUGUST 20, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Federal Government of Somalia’s Military Court executed a 30-year-old soldier who was convicted of
Federal Government of Somalia’s Military Court executed a 30-year-old soldier who was convicted of
- JULY 28, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
the Army of the Interim Jubaland Administration executed two members of Al-Shabaab after they were
the Army of the Interim Jubaland Administration executed two members of Al-Shabaab after they were