Somalia 2019
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News on Somalia in 2019
DECEMBER 11, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: COURT-MARTIAL SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Somali military court in Mogadishu on 9 December 2019 sentenced ex-soldier to death for murder.
DECEMBER 9, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING
A military court in Somalia sentenced a police officer to death on 7 December 2019 for killing a woman in the capital Mogadishu in September.
NOVEMBER 29, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: 2 AL SHABAAB MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR AN ATTEMPTED BOMB ATTACK IN GURIEL TOWN
Two al Shabaab members on 24 November 2019 were sentenced to death in Somalia for being members of the terror organization as well as for conspiracy to assassinate leaders of Sufi-sect in Guri-El town.
NOVEMBER 26, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES AL SHABAAB MEMBER TO DEATH FOR ROLE IN SUFI CLERIC KILLING
The somali Military Court on 21 November 2019 sentenced alleged Al-Shabaab member, Abdullahi Ali Adan, to death for his role in last year’s killing of Sufi Cleric, Sheikh Abdiweli Ali Elmi Yare in Galkayo.
NOVEMBER 15, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB OPERATIVES SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SOLDIERS
A military court in Mogadishu on 14 November 2019 sentenced two Al-Shabaab operatives to death and two others to life imprisonment for the murder of three soldiers and one civilian.
NOVEMBER 13, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FIVE ISLAMIC STATE AND AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS EXECUTED IN PUBLIC IN PUNTLAND
Five men belonging to the Islamic State group and Al Shabaab Amniyaad on 7 November 2019 were publicly executed by firing squad by a local military court in Puntland.
NOVEMBER 5, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO SHABAAB MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH, DISTRICT COMMISSIONER TO LIFE FOR MURDER OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
A military court in Mogadishu on 28 October 2019 sentenced two Al-Shabaab members to death in connection with a bomb attack on the late Mahas deputy district commissioner, Rashid Osman Abdi.
- OCTOBER 15, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB REPORTEDLY EXECUTES 82-YEAR-OLD MAN IN JOWHAR
The Somali militant group, Al-Shabaab, has reportedly executed an 82-year-old man in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle state.
OCTOBER 3, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE
A military court in Mogadishu on 2 October 2019 sentenced army officer to death.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TRIBUNAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST 3 SOLDIERS
Somali Military Court in Baidoa town on 18 August 2019 upheld death sentence against three members of armed forces for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: 2 AL SHABAAB MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH, LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CAR BOMB THAT KILLED 12 IN MOGADISHU
A Somali military court has sentenced a man to death and another to life in prison for their involvement in a car bomb that killed 12 people in Mogadishu, Strategic Intelligence reported on 12 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCED TO DEATH A SOLDIER WHO KILLED THREE BROTHERS
Somalia Military court sentenced death penalty to Hashi Ali Mohamud a Government Soldier who killed three brothers in June 2018 at Mogadishu’s Kaaran District.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR THREE CHILD RAPISTS IN PUNTLAND
An appeal court in north-east Somalia on 22 August 2019 upheld the death sentence for three men - Abdishakur Mohamed, Abdifitah Abdirahman and Abdisalan Abdirahman - convicted of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES POLICEMAN TO DEATH
A military tribunal in Somalia sentenced a police officer to death on 2 September 2019 for killing a teenager in the capital Mogadishu in July, an official said.
- AUGUST 7, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
PUNTLAND (SOMALIA): MEN WHO KILLED MALTESE PORT MANAGER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The men accused of killing Maltese port manager Paul Formosa in Puntland last February were sentenced to death on 29 July 2019 by a military tribunal, Somali media report.
AUGUST 6, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: 2 AL-SHABAB MEMBERS EXECUTED BY GOVERNMENT
Mogadishu Military Court on 5 August 2019 executed 2 members of Al-Shabaab terrorist group responsible for separate attacks in Mogadishu which left many dead.
AUGUST 5, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: DAESH TERRORIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Somali military tribunal on 1 August 2019 sentenced a Daesh terrorist to death for his role in the killing of five people, including civilians and a security official, in separate shooting incidents in 2018-19.
- JULY 11, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO DEATH FOR KILLING
Somalia’s Puntland State military court on 17 February 2019 sentenced four young men to death while three others were handed fines after they were convicted of murder, Garowe Online reports.
- JULY 10, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA EXECUTES MILITANTS BY FIRING SQUAD FOR MOGADISHU HOTEL ATTACK
Somali government on 10 July 2019 executed three men in Mogadishu for involvement in the deadly siege at a hotel that killed at least 18 people and injured 48 in October 2017, Garowe Online reports.
- JULY 10, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: FIVE MEN EXECUTED BY AL-SHABAB FOR SPYING
Al-Shabab on 4 July 2019 shot and killed five men in Salagle town in southern Somalia.
- JULY 10, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAB EXECUTES MAN BY FIRING SQUAD FOR MARRYING DAUGHTERS OF HIS WIFE
A man who allegedly married the daughters of his wife before getting divorce was executed on 27 June 2019 by Al-shabab group in Somalia’s Lower Shabelleh Region.
- JULY 9, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAB PUTS TO DEATH FOUR PEOPLE
Al-Shabab militants put to death four people in the southern town of Jamame on 7 July 2019, immediately after the judge in an al-Shabab court declared them guilty.
- JULY 9, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES FIVE MEN OVER SPYING CLAIMS IN JUBBALAND
Al-Shabaab militia group on 3 July 2019 executed five Somali men in Hagar area of Lower Jubba region of Somalia on claims of spying.
JULY 8, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: THREE SOLDIERS EXECUTED BY AL SHABAAB
Three alleged Somali soldiers on 5 July 2019 were hanged in Kurtun Warey town, Lower Shabelle Region, after an Al-Shabaab court sentenced them to death.
- JULY 5, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTED MAN ACCUSED OF BLACK MAGIC
Al-Shabaab militants on 5 July 2019 executed a man, 35-year old Ali Haaney Ahmed Kaytoy, in Buale town of Middle Shabelle Region after accusing him of practising black magic.
- JULY 1, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT OKS DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST 3 RAPED 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A high court in Somalia's northeastern regional state on 30 June 2019 upheld the death sentence of three men convicted of raping, mutilating and killing of a teenager early this year.
MAY 27, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
A military court in Mogadishu on 25 May 2019 sentenced Somali police officer to death for killing a rickshaw driver earlier this month.
MAY 21, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: DEATH FOR 2 SHABAAB MILITANTS AS MILITARY TOP COURT UPHOLDS VERDICT
A military appeals court in Mogadishu upheld the death sentence against two Al-Shabaab militants, one of whom was involved in the Hotel Sahafi attack, that claimed 32 lives last November.
- MAY 13, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES THREE MEN TO DEATH FOR RAPING AND MURDER
A regional court in Puntland on 12 May 2019 sentenced 3 men to death for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, Aisha Ilyas Adan in Galkayo city early this year.
APRIL 30, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES POLICE OFFICER TO DEATH
A Somali military court on 29 April 2019 sentenced a police officer to death, after he was found guilty of murdering a civilian in Mogadishu on 6th January, this year.