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
- OCTOBER 31, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND EXECUTED TWO ISLAMISTS
a district magistrate in Bossaso town in Puntland, a self-made semi-autonomous state in Somalia...
- OCTOBER 27, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA'S SHEBAB EXECUTES TWO GIRLS FOR 'SPYING'
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab group publicly executed two teenage girls by firing squad in front of hundreds of local residents in the central town of Beledweyne on charges of spying, witnesses said.
OCTOBER 10, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT EXECUTES 2 PEOPLE FOR MUDRER
a court in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland has executed two
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
PIRATE RINGLEADER FACES EXECUTION IN SOMALIA
pirate ringleader Salah Mohamed Gelle was sentenced to death by presiding judge Mohamed Yusuf...
- AUGUST 5, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Bosaso commercial capital of Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland...
a court in Bosaso commercial capital of Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland...
JULY 1, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMISTS PUBLICLY EXECUTE CHRISTIAN CONVERT
Sheik Adan Yare, the governor of Somalia’s Bakol region, announced that Al-Shabaab members
JUNE 29, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a Yemeni court sentenced five Yemeni nationals, a Kenyan, a Somalian and a Tanzanian
JUNE 14, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FANS EXECUTED FOR WATCHING WORLD CUP
Somali Islamist militants executed two football fans and arrested dozens of others for
- MAY 18, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN COURT SENTENCES SIX SOMALI PIRATES TO DEATH
a Yemeni court sentenced six Somali pirates to death for hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker that departed from Al-Mukalla port and killing two cabin crew on April 26, 2009.
- MAY 17, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTES MAN IN MOGADISHU
Al Shabaab militants executed a man in Mogadishu, Somalia, for spying for the transitional federal government.
- APRIL 26, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAB MILITANTS EXECUTE MAN ON MURDER CHARGES, CUT OFF THIEF'S HAND
witnesses say militants from Somalia's al-Shabab Militia executed a man they convicted
- APRIL 14, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND COURT SENTENCES 3 TO DEATH FOR ATTACKS
a court in Somalia's northern Somaliland region sentenced three unidentified people to death for four bomb attacks on the security forces, court sources said.