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, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI MAN STONED TO DEATH
a man was stoned to death for adultery in Wanlaweyn town in the lower Shabelle region in Somalia “months ago”, according to the Mathaba.net and Mareeg.com websites.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI ADULTERER STONED TO DEATH; LOVER WILL BE
Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until
- OCTOBER 25, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ISLAMIST REBELS EXECUTE TWO FOR ‘SPYING’
Somalia's Al Shabaab Islamist movement publicly executed two young men by firing squad for alleged spying for the Somali government in the southern town of Marka. An official from the group told crowds who gathered to watch the punishment that the men had
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: BOSASO COURT SENTENCES DEFENDANT TO DEATH
The district court of Bosaso, in Puntland State of Somalia, sentenced one of five young defendants to
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMISTS EXECUTE TWO FOR SPYING
Somalia's hardline Shebab Islamists publicly executed two people accused of spying for the US Central
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMISTS SENTENCE FRENCH NATIONAL TO DEATH
the Al-Shabab Islamic Movement in Somalia sentenced a French national adviser who is being held in
JULY 29, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA FOR BOMBS
a court in the breakaway Somali province of Somaliland sentenced five men to death in
- JULY 12, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL SHABAAB DENY BEHEADINGS REPORT
Islamist hardliners in southern Somalia have rejected media reports that seven men
- JULY 10, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: HARDLINE MILITIA BEHEAD TWO FOR BACKING GOVERNMENT
Somalia's hardline Shebab militia beheaded two men for supporting
- JUNE 9, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTES A MAN IN BAIDOA
Al Shabaab militants, who control Mogadishu’s Baidoa town, the former seat of
- APRIL 30, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: 2 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GOVERNOR'S KILLING
a court in Somalia's self-governing State of Puntland sentenced two men to death for
- APRIL 27, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
a pregnant woman was sentenced to death in the Puntland region of Somalia for the murder of another woman.
a pregnant woman was sentenced to death in the Puntland region of Somalia for the murder of another woman.