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
- APRIL 6, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAB PUBLICLY EXECUTES FIGHTER IN SOUTHERN REGION
the Islamic administration of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen publicly executed fighter Muse Abdi Abud in a field in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, officials said.
- JANUARY 27, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR LAWMAKER AND COURT JUDGE MURDER
a court in Bossasso in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland state sentenced Abdinasir Ahmad Ali Aware and Feisal Ali Hirad to death for murdering lawmaker Mohammed Hassan Jibril and Judge Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Aware.
- JANUARY 24, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES TWO SOMALI SOLDIERS TO DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD FOR MURDER
Judge Haji Ali Hasan of the Court Martial for the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG] announced that two government soldiers were sentenced to death by firing squad for committing murder in Banaadir Region.
- JANUARY 23, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT HANDS OUT DEATH SENTENCE
a court in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland sentenced Abdi Fatah Ahmed Dahir Qodah to death for murdering lawmaker Abdullahi Ali Osman on January 5 in the commercial city of Bossasso, in Bari.
JANUARY 21, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: COURT SENTENCES SON OVER FATHER'S KILLING
at a court in Bossasso, in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland in Somalia, Judge Sheikh Abdirizak
JANUARY 16, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: A MAN STONED TO DEATH
a Somali man was stoned to death for adultery in Barawe town by al Shabaab militants
- JANUARY 9, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI MILITIA EXECUTES SHABAAB REBEL COMMANDER
a pro-government militia in Somalia executed a commander from the al Shabaab rebel group in public in the central Galagadud region
- JANUARY 1, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia has been without central government since 1991...
Somalia has been without central government since 1991...
- DECEMBER 13, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ISLAMIST MILITANTS STONE MAN TO DEATH
witnesses in the town of Afgoye, southwest of Mogadishu, Somalia, said Islamist militants stoned to death a man accused of adultery. The militants apparently summoned the town's residents to watch the executions.
- DECEMBER 13, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ISLAMIST MILITANTS EXECUTE MAN
witnesses in the town of Afgoye, southwest of Mogadishu, Somalia, said Islamist militants shot a man accused of murder. The militants apparently summoned the town's residents to watch the executions.
DECEMBER 1, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SOLDIER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a Somali soldier under Afrah Ali Afrah, commander of the Darawish troops in Mogadishu, was sentenced
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ISLAMISTS STONE WOMAN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
Islamist rebels publicly stoned a woman to death and flogged a man 100 times for alleged adultery in southern Somalia.