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
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TWO ARMED MILITIA MEN
the Somali Military Court ruled a death sentence against two armed militia men whom the court said
- AUGUST 29, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
in Somalia, a soldier sentence to death has won a reprieve following a successful appeal.
in Somalia, a soldier sentence to death has won a reprieve following a successful appeal.
AUGUST 17, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA. EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Somalia's government executed a man who was convicted of murdering a journalist, a military official said, the first such execution in a country where those who kill media workers often evade justice.
- AUGUST 17, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Aden Sheikh Abdi was killed by firing squad in the capital, Mogadishu, after being convicted
AUGUST 5, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: KILLER OF HIRAN ELDER EXECUTED IN BELEDWEYNE
Al-Shabaab member Mukhtar Mahamed was executed in Beledweyne after a military court
JULY 27, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FEDERAL GOVT EXECUTES FOUR SOLDIERS
The Somali Military Court executed four federal government soldiers at Mogadishu police academy in the morning, Garowe Online reports.
JULY 23, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND EXECUTES TWO CONVICTED OF ISLAMIC MUFTI’S ASSASSINATION
Two men accused and convincted in court for the assassination of Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur Farah, the Mufti of Puntland, were executed by Puntland military court in the capital Garowe, Garowe Online reports.
- JULY 16, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES SIX PEOPLE TO DEATH
Six people charged with the murder of Sheikh Abdikadir Nur Farah and some other officials
- JUNE 16, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Somaliland high court has today sentenced Mohamed Ahmed Hirse, 24 years of age, to
- JUNE 7, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic extremists from the rebel Al Shabaab in Somalia publicly shot a 28-year-old man, Hassan Hurshe,
Islamic extremists from the rebel Al Shabaab in Somalia publicly shot a 28-year-old man, Hassan Hurshe,
JUNE 6, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITANTS EXECUTE 2 BY FIRING SQUAD FOR ESPIONAGE
A resident of a Somali town says that al-Qaida-linked militants killed two men by
- MAY 23, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCES FOR ISLAMIC MUFTI'S KILLERS
The Puntland military court in northern Somalia has convicted 7 persons of committing acts of terrorism