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 26, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES 4 FOR SPYING FOR KENYA AND ETHIOPIA
Al-Shabaab militants shot dead in the public four people they accused of spying for their enemies in
- MAY 19, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
the Somali military court executed a suspected member of the militant group Al- Shabaab for attacking
the Somali military court executed a suspected member of the militant group Al- Shabaab for attacking
MAY 13, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MURDERERS OF MPS EXECUTED IN MOGADISHU
two suspected members of Al-Shabaab were executed by firing squad in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
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 PENALTYSOMALILAND: 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 PENALTY
SOMALIA: 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 PENALTY
SOMALILAND: 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