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 2, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MARTIAL COURT SENTENCES AL SHABAB MEMBER TO DEATH
Somalia’s martial court sentenced one man to death in a ruling that saw seven members of Al Shabab receive a diverse judgment.
APRIL 24, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMIST MILITANTS EXECUTED MAN FOR BLASPHEMY
Al-Shabaab said it had executed a man in the south of the country for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
- APRIL 13, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND: SIX MURDERERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
After decades Somaliland has fulfilled death sentences imposed by the country's courts.
- APRIL 2, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia’s cabinet approved new legislation aimed at curbing the menace of terrorism in the country and
Somalia’s cabinet approved new legislation aimed at curbing the menace of terrorism in the country and
MARCH 24, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO FEDERAL GOVT SOLDIERS EXECUTED FOR CIVILIANS MURDER
Federal Government of Somalia’s military court executed two Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers for the murder of civilians, Garowe Online reported.
MARCH 23, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALILAND: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCES TO DEATH OVER THE KILLING OF BUSINESSMAN
A police officer was sentenced to death in Somaliland following the murder of famous businessman in Qoton.
- MARCH 20, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS EXECUTE 'ETHIOPIA SPY'
The Al-Qaeda linked extremist group in Somalia executed a man for allegedly being a spy for the
- MARCH 16, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND MILITARY COURT EXECUTES 3 ALLEGED AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS
a military court in Somalia’s north eastern state of Puntland executed three alleged Al-Shabaab members in the city of Bossaso, Garowe Online reported.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES FOUR SUSPECTED MILITANTS TO DEATH
A court in Puntland, a semiautonomous region northern Somalia, sentenced four suspected militants to death
- FEBRUARY 12, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: SENIOR AL-SHABAAB LEADER EXECUTED IN GEDO REGION
Somali Government announced that Ahmed Ismail Ali, a senior Al-Shabaab leader in southern region of
- FEBRUARY 11, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: A 17-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOMALILAND
A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to death by firing squad for the murder of his mother in law.
- FEBRUARY 5, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: SOMALILAND TO EXECUTE DEATH PENALTY CASES
Somaliland government declared that it will soon execute all the legal verdicts on death penalty, which were issued by country's courts.