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
NOVEMBER 8, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO A KILLER IN BOSASSO
A court in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland sentenced to death a man found
OCTOBER 25, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB ORDER WOMAN STONED TO DEATH FOR SEX OFFENCE
A young woman was stoned to death in Somalia after being convicted of engaging in out-of-marriage
OCTOBER 23, 2012YemenDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND SENTENCES YEMENI NATIONAL TO DEATH
Ahmed Abdi Botan, head of the Puntland military court, sentenced a Yemeni man to
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAB EXECUTE TWO MEN
Somalia's most powerful Islamist rebel group al-Shabab executed two men, accusing them to
JULY 22, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAB EXECUTE 3 SAID TO INFORM CIA, MI6
Somalia's most powerful militant group publicly executed three of its members, saying
- JULY 19, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
the Somali military court publicly executed four men...
the Somali military court publicly executed four men...
- JUNE 17, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
a soldier in the Somali forces was sentenced...
a soldier in the Somali forces was sentenced...
- JUNE 17, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
a soldier in the Somali forces was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing a woman
a soldier in the Somali forces was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing a woman
- JUNE 9, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
a man known as Qalwe Adan Ali Nur was executed in Qardho
a man known as Qalwe Adan Ali Nur was executed in Qardho
- MAY 16, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND GIVES 17 THE DEATH PENALTY, 5 JAIL TERMS
In Somaliland, a military tribunal in Hargeisa has convicted and sentenced 17 civilians to death
- MAY 5, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
a Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldier who killed his colleague
a Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldier who killed his colleague
- APRIL 24, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers in the south-west
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers in the south-west