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 18, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES IMPLEMENTATION OF ISLAMIC SHARIA LAW
The Somali parliament unanimously approved a government proposal to introduce
- JANUARY 15, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI EXECUTED FOR 'APOSTASY'
an Islamist militia in Somalia executed a Somali politician who they accused of betraying his religion by working with non-Muslim Ethiopian forces
- JANUARY 1, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia has been without central government since 1991...
Somalia has been without central government since 1991...
- OCTOBER 31, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI STONED TO DEATH WAS 13-YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM, GROUP SAYS
Amnesty International said that the girl stoned to death in Somalia this week was 13 years old, not 23,
- OCTOBER 27, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
WOMAN STONED IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA
thousands of people gathered to witness 50 Somali men stone a woman to death after an Islamic court in
- OCTOBER 12, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
a Somali court handed death sentences to three men convicted...
a Somali court handed death sentences to three men convicted...
- APRIL 8, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. SOLDIER PUBLICLY EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
a soldier who was found guilty of murdering a fellow soldier was publicly
- FEBRUARY 19, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
in the Abud-waq district of central Somalia, regional authorities carried out the
in the Abud-waq district of central Somalia, regional authorities carried out the
- JANUARY 13, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA GOVT EXECUTES CONVICTED SOLDIER
Somalia's interim government executed a soldier convicted of killing
- JANUARY 1, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia has been without central government since 1991...
Somalia has been without central government since 1991...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Somalia voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- AUGUST 23, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: GOVT SOLDIER EXECUTED FOR MURDERING COMRADE
the Somali armed forces executed a government soldier at Somalia's former execution field in the army academy "Scool Polizia", along the coast of Mogadishu.