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
- 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 PENALTYSOMALIA 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.
- JULY 5, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. GOVERNMENT CARRIES OUT PUBLIC EXECUTION IN MOGADISHU
government forces in Somalia publicly executed two men, one of them a soldier
- MAY 31, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND CANCELS EXECUTIONS FOR AID WORKER KILLERS
The president of the breakaway enclave of Somaliland commuted death sentences against two men
- APRIL 19, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. SOMALILAND CONDEMNS TWO TO DEATH FOR SLAIN AID WORKERS
the Supreme Court in the self-declared republic of Somaliland has sentenced two
- JANUARY 21, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI JUDGE SENTENCES MURDERER TO DEATH, CITING SHARIAH LAW
the Hiran Regional Court in central Somalia convicted ex-soldier Abdi Sabriye Barre and ordered he be shot to death for killing a man accused of thievery.
- JANUARY 1, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia has been without central government since 1991...
Somalia has been without central government since 1991...
- DECEMBER 6, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. OFFICIAL THREATENS BEHEADINGS FOR NOT PRAYING 5 TIMES DAILY
residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an official said, adding that the edict will be implemented in three days.
OCTOBER 13, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA. ISLAMISTS CARRY OUT 2ND PUBLIC EXECUTION
islamic radicals carried out their second public execution in less than a month amid fears of increasing extremist violence in Somalia.