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 22, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITANTS EXECUTE 2 TEENS ACCUSED OF CRIMES
Militants from Somalia's most feared insurgent group used
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTES TEENAGER FOR RAPE
Somalia’s Al Shabaab group executed Yahia Mire Mohammed
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CONDEMN RECENT EXECUTION OF TEENAGE GIRLS
several independent United Nations experts condemned the October 27 public execution by firing squad of two teenage girls in Beledweyne in central Somalia for spying by the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab in front of hundreds of residents in the town, a
NOVEMBER 3, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES ONE TO DEATH
the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's [TFG] Court martial sentenced a
- 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, 2010YemenDEATH 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