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 11, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: TEN AL-SHABAAB CONVICTS EXECUTED WITHIN TWO WEEKS
The Somalia military court on 3 November 2022 executed two Al-Shabaab convicts as part of the ongoing fight against the militants who control large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia, making it a total of 10 people to be killed within two weeks
NOVEMBER 9, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB HITMEN EXECUTED A DAY AFTER A DEADLY CAR BOMBINGS
Somalia's military court on 31 October 2022 executed three Al-Shabaab hitmen in the latest move which comes just a day after the militants raided downtown Mogadishu, killing over 100 people while injuring scores.
NOVEMBER 7, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO ISIS MILITANTS EXECUTED IN MOGADISHU
Somali officials on 26 October 2022 executed two ISIS militants convicted for carrying out assassinations on behalf of the al-Shabab terrorist group, marking the second execution of Islamist militants in a week.
OCTOBER 27, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES TWO AL-SHABAAB CONVICTS
Somali military court on 24 October 2022 executes by firing squad two Al-Shabab operatives in Mogadishu after being found guilty of murdering several people.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND: 4 GET EXECUTED FOR HOMICIDES, 1 CHEATS DEATH
Somaliland government on 6 September 2022 executed four who had been convicted of wanton killing earlier.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES 5 ACCUSED OF SPYING
The Al-Shabaab on 4 September 2022 executed five men within Jilib town in Middle Jubba, Somalia, over claims that they have been sharing intelligence with the US Africa Command, a team that has been working closely with the Somali National Army [SNA] and
- AUGUST 30, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF ISIS TERRORISTS IN PUNTLAND
Four ISIS members failed to have their death sentence overturned in the Appeals Court in the Puntland state of Somalia, GAROWE ONLINE reported on 19 August 2022.
- AUGUST 3, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAB MILITANTS EXECUTE 7 BY FIRING SQUAD
Somali-based militant group al-Shabab on 30 July 2022 executed seven men, including a soldier, in Somalia’s southwestern region of Bay.
JULY 25, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH
Somalia’s Military court on 20 July 2022 sentenced a Military Soldier accused of murdering a civilian to death, SONNA reported.
JUNE 9, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: BAIDOA COURT EXECUTES CONVICTED MURDERER WHO THREW VICTIM IN THE SEWER
A court in Baidoa town on 7 June 2022 executed a man for killing a businesswoman and then dumping her body in a sewage hole in his house.
MARCH 29, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND STATE EXECUTES SOLDIER OVER KILLING
Puntland state in northeastern Somalia on 27 March 2022 executed a government soldier accused of killing a fellow soldier.
MARCH 26, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FIVE SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN GALMUDUG
Galmudug Military Court on 24 March 2022 sentenced five members of Galmudug's Police, Army and Paramilitary Forces to death.