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
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
- APRIL 30, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND EXECUTES 13 AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS
the semi-autonomous State of Puntland executed 13 Al-Shabaab militants convicted
APRIL 18, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: CABINET APPROVES DRAFT OF ANTI-TERRORISM LAW
Somali Cabinet Ministers approved the Somali anti-terrorism bill in an effort to eliminate
- APRIL 8, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTE WOMAN SUSPECTED TO BE US SPY
A woman of Somali origin suspected of being an American spy was executed through
- APRIL 2, 2013SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: SOMALILAND COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY SENTENCES
The High Court of Somaliland's Armed Forces has commuted the sentences of