#puntland — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/234287/ Pirates Demand $10 Million for Hijacked Ship off Somalia #Minister #Mogadishu #piracy #Puntland #Somalia #UnitedStates

https://www.europesays.com/africa/230085/ Puntland President Heads to Mogadishu Amid Intensifying International Pressure on Somalia’s Political Crisis #amid #Crisis #Heads #Intensifying #international #Mogadishu #on #political #President #pressure #Puntland #Somalia #somalias #to

https://www.europesays.com/africa/221788/ Indonesian captain among crew held as Somali pirates strike again in Horn of Africa #AlShabaab #CaptainAshariSamadikun #CentralJava #Djibouti #Eyle #GowaRegency #HornOfAfrica #HouseOfRepresentativesCommission #Indonesia #IndonesianForeignMinistry #MTHonour #oman #Puntland #ShantyShanaya #Somalia

https://www.europesays.com/africa/218594/ Somalia Launches Climate Resilience Project #Finance #Galmudug #Hirshabelle #Mogadishu #Puntland #Somalia

After #Israel’s recognition of #Somaliland, @HassanSMohamud is moving to consolidate power in #Mogadishu—reshaping #Somalia’s FS as #Puntland & #Jubaland strengthen ties with regional powers & global actors hedge their bets ahead of the #2026Elections.

https://saxafimedia.com/somalia-tightens-grip-israel-recognizes-somaliland/

After #Israel’s recognition of #Somaliland, @HassanSMohamud is moving to consolidate power in #Mogadishu—reshaping #Somalia’s FS as #Puntland & #Jubaland strengthen ties with regional powers & global actors hedge their bets ahead of the #2026Elections.

https://saxafimedia.com/somalia-tightens-grip-israel-recognizes-somaliland/

After #Israel’s recognition of #Somaliland, @HassanSMohamud is moving to consolidate power in #Mogadishu—reshaping #Somalia’s FS as #Puntland & #Jubaland strengthen ties with regional powers & global actors hedge their bets ahead of the #2026Elections.

https://saxafimedia.com/somalia-tightens-grip-israel-recognizes-somaliland/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/196230/ Somalia Issues Ultimatum to Oil Companies: Begin Exploration or Lose Licenses #Galmudug #Minister #Mogadishu #Puntland #Somalia #turkey

https://www.europesays.com/africa/189663/ Somalia Enters ‘Constitutional Vacuum’ as Parliament Term Ends, Ex-PM Warns #Galmudug #Puntland #Somalia #SouthWestState #turkey #UpperHouse

In report's aerial shots, Sheebaab village is recognizable from satellite imagery, despite video's subtitles transcribing it incorrectly as "Sheebaad".

#geolocation #OSINT #Somalia #Puntland @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

Good video reporting from frontlines of still-ongoing #Puntland vs. #ISIS war in northern #Somalia by @bastien_rnl, @willswanson, and @ARTEfr for @France24_en. Seemingly shot last Nov - reporters visited ISIS-Somalia's former "so-called capital", Sheebaab village in Almiskat Mts.

https://www.france24.com/en/somalia-islamic-state-group-new-front-line-africa

#geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #journalism #armedconflict #ISIL #war #GulfOfAden #security #worldnews #Africa @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

Good video reporting from frontlines of still-ongoing #Puntland vs. #ISIS war in northern #Somalia by @bastien_rnl, @willswanson, and @ARTEfr for @France24_en. Seemingly shot last Nov - reporters visited ISIS-Somalia's former "so-called capital", Sheebaab village in Almiskat Mts.

https://www.france24.com/en/somalia-islamic-state-group-new-front-line-africa

#geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #journalism #armedconflict #ISIL #war #GulfOfAden #security #worldnews #Africa @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

Good video reporting from frontlines of still-ongoing #Puntland vs. #ISIS war in northern #Somalia by @bastien_rnl, @willswanson, and @ARTEfr for @France24_en. Seemingly shot last Nov - reporters visited ISIS-Somalia's former "so-called capital", Sheebaab village in Almiskat Mts.

https://www.france24.com/en/somalia-islamic-state-group-new-front-line-africa

#geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #journalism #armedconflict #ISIL #war #GulfOfAden #security #worldnews #Africa @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

Good video reporting from frontlines of still-ongoing #Puntland vs. #ISIS war in northern #Somalia by @bastien_rnl, @willswanson, and @ARTEfr for @France24_en. Seemingly shot last Nov - reporters visited ISIS-Somalia's former "so-called capital", Sheebaab village in Almiskat Mts.

https://www.france24.com/en/somalia-islamic-state-group-new-front-line-africa

#geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #journalism #armedconflict #ISIL #war #GulfOfAden #security #worldnews #Africa @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

Good video reporting from frontlines of still-ongoing #Puntland vs. #ISIS war in northern #Somalia by @bastien_rnl, @willswanson, and @ARTEfr for @France24_en. Seemingly shot last Nov - reporters visited ISIS-Somalia's former "so-called capital", Sheebaab village in Almiskat Mts.

https://www.france24.com/en/somalia-islamic-state-group-new-front-line-africa

#geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #journalism #armedconflict #ISIL #war #GulfOfAden #security #worldnews #Africa @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

Reinforced unionist, anti-#Israel sentiment also lessens #Puntland ’s leverage against Mogadiscio, which partly explains leader/president Deni’s silence. This is also the case for #Jubaland. It might therefore weaken their opposition to a national compromise on the constitution and elections to be held in 2026.

#Somalia

- The way forward -
Meanwhile, #Puntland is caught between a rock and a hard place. A #UAE client state, it has long supported #SSC-Khatumo against #Somaliland, but its hopes of annexing the region have been thwarted by that region becoming the Northeast federal state.

#Somalia

including the control of major logistics hub — including Sokhna, Berbera (#Somaliland), Bosaso (#Puntland), Dar es Salaam & Maputo — and the building of a network of proxies, especially in North & East Africa — including in #Libya (#LNA), #Egypt, #Chad, #Sudan (#RSF), #SouthSudan, #Ethiopia, #Somalia (including #Puntland and #Jubaland) and Somaliland, and as well obviously as nearby #Yemen (#STC).

#Somalia breaks with the #UAE

This is huge, but has been in the making for a while now. This is clearly linked to UAE's role in #Somaliland, #Puntland and #Jubaland, where DP World will continue its operations, and probably in part with #Israel 's recognition of Somaliland. (Although the UAE still officially support the One Somalia Policy)

https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-suspends-port-defense-and-security-deals-with-uae

#Jubaland "secedes" from #Somalia

21 months after #Puntland, Jubaland follows the same path by acting as an independent state and ceasing to recognize federal institutions.

This comes after a protracted conflict with Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud over the constitution, elections, and deployment of federal troops in the state.

Relations between Mogadishu and Southwest state likewise remain strained.

https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-jubaland-rebrands-as-government-in-bold-challenge-to-mogadishu-based-fgs

This article receives PolGeoNow's periodic tip of the hat for avoiding the news media standard of calling #Puntland state "semi-autonomous". Puntland as about as autonomous you can get, not even cooperating with #Somalia govt except when it feels like it.

#geography #defacto #defactostates #autonomy

@humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience

This article receives PolGeoNow's periodic tip of the hat for avoiding the news media standard of calling #Puntland state "semi-autonomous". Puntland as about as autonomous you can get, not even cooperating with #Somalia govt except when it feels like it.

#geography #defacto #defactostates #autonomy

@humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience

This article receives PolGeoNow's periodic tip of the hat for avoiding the news media standard of calling #Puntland state "semi-autonomous". Puntland as about as autonomous you can get, not even cooperating with #Somalia govt except when it feels like it.

#geography #defacto #defactostates #autonomy

@humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience

This article receives PolGeoNow's periodic tip of the hat for avoiding the news media standard of calling #Puntland state "semi-autonomous". Puntland as about as autonomous you can get, not even cooperating with #Somalia govt except when it feels like it.

#geography #defacto #defactostates #autonomy

@humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience

Weltzeit: #Somalias Hilfskrise - #Puntland kämpft für Aufbau und gegen Terror
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/somalias-hilfskrise-puntland-kaempft-fuer-aufbau-und-gegen-terror-100.html

Weltzeit: #Somalias Hilfskrise - #Puntland kämpft für Aufbau und gegen Terror
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/somalias-hilfskrise-puntland-kaempft-fuer-aufbau-und-gegen-terror-100.html

Weltzeit: #Somalias Hilfskrise - #Puntland kämpft für Aufbau und gegen Terror
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/somalias-hilfskrise-puntland-kaempft-fuer-aufbau-und-gegen-terror-100.html

Weltzeit: #Somalias Hilfskrise - #Puntland kämpft für Aufbau und gegen Terror
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/somalias-hilfskrise-puntland-kaempft-fuer-aufbau-und-gegen-terror-100.html

And of course (for subscribers) a current edition of the #Somalia control map, showing situation in June 2025, months into #Puntland's Operation #Hilaac against #ISIS/#ISIL, and after #AlShabaab's massive resurgence in regions around #Mogadishu. More info: https://www.polgeonow.com/2025/06/june-2025-somalia-control-map-timeline.html

#HornOfAfrica #AlQaeda #security #humanitarian #OSINT #mapping #conflictzones #conflictracking #conflictmapping #maps #map

@geography @geopolitics

Last week we published a set of three in-depth #map reports covering territorial control across #Somalia's claimed territories from 2023 to present. The June 2024 report is free for all readers, and shows the height of "#IslamicState" (#ISIS/#ISIL) control in the country:

https://www.polgeonow.com/2025/06/somalia-territorial-control-map-2024-isis-shabaab.html

#HornOfAfrica #cartography #maps #geography #Somaliland #Puntland #SSC_Khaatumo #mapping @geography @cartography @geopolitics #AlShabaab #AlQaeda #security #OSINT

"In un angolo poco raccontato della #Somalia settentrionale, migliaia di famiglie sono state costrette a fuggire dalle loro case tra le montagne del #Puntland, travolte dal conflitto in corso tra le forze regionali e i miliziani #ISIS (noto localmente come #Daesh)."

#6giugno #armi #CeasefireNOW #Peace

https://diogenenotizie.com/puntland-40mila-famiglie-in-fuga-dalla-guerra-allisis/

#Somalie: RSF condamne la violente interpellation arbitraire de 24h du journaliste freelance Dalmar Isseh Ahmed par les forces de sécurité du #Puntland, à la suite de la diff de son reportage sur la délivrance de cartes d’identité. Aucun journaliste ne doit être poursuivi pour avoir fait son travail

4. Almost all media fall in this trap, but: It's wrong to call #Puntland a "semiautonomous region". Puntland is *entirely* autonomous (self-governed/controlled), now not even cooperating with #Somalia federal govt. It says it's part of Somalia in principle, but that's about it.

#geography #defacto #geopolitics #MiddleEast #Africa #borders #politics
@washingtonpost #independence #autonomy @geography @geopolitics

3. @washingtonpost story says woman shooting 2 soldiers was "first time a female combat fighter from an Islamist group has been seen in Somalia".

This is only true if suicide bombers don't count. Though rare, women have acted as suicide bombers for #AlShabaab several times before.

#Somalia #Puntland #military #geopolitics #ISIS #ISIL #war #gender #MiddleEast #Africa
@geography @geopolitics

Several smaller criticisms of @washingtonpost report on #ISIS in #Somalia:

1. Describing #Puntland state in general as "remote" is dubious, since it lies on one of world's most important shipping channels (#GulfOfAden), including major port city (#Bosaso)

2. Miskad Mts are not on "the very tip" of the #HornOfAfrica, they are about 100 mi (150 km) southwest of it

(...)

#geography #geopolitics #Africa #MiddleEast
@geography @geopolitics

The title of the @washingtonpost story, "The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia — and has global ambitions" is also strikingly off-base, since journalist Katharine Houreld is in fact reporting on the group's dramatic retreat in face of offensive by #Puntland state forces.

#Somalia #ISIS #ISIL #geography #HornOfAfrica #military #middleeast
@geography @geopolitics

Story in @washingtonpost calls itself "most complete account to date of how the Islamic State was able to regroup [in #Somalia] over the past decade". Yet all but the most recent of such info had already been covered several times over by reports from UN, Intl Crisis Group, etc

#geography #ISIS #ISIL #geopolitics #security #Puntland #IslamicState #HornOfAfrica #security #journalism #factcheck @geography @geopolitics @unitednations

🧵Investigative journalism in #Somalia is welcome, and @washingtonpost report from Feb made valuable contributions to story of #ISIS foreign recruitment in #Puntland state. But the story vastly exaggerates its own importance, among other issues...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/09/somalia-islamic-state-puntland-terrorism/

#geography #security #ISIL #HornOfAfrica #Africa #journalist #factcheck @geography @geopolitics #MiddleEast

Instead, the conflict has moved on to new points of contention, on participation to the #AU mission in #Somalia, on Somalia’s alliance with #Egypt or on support to #Puntland, #Jubaland and Southwest, to the point when #Djibouti’s offer of managing the port of Tadjourah has remained without answer.

#Ethiopia #UN #UNGA #Africa

@mpfpr concludes training of #Somali 🇸🇴 Federal Member State Legislative Assemblies with a final workshop on #SecuritySectorOrganisation. Workshops were conducted for members of assemblies of #Jubaland #Hirshabelle #Galmudug #Puntland and #SouthWestState.
Supported by @AuswaertigesAmt
More ⬇https://www.mpfpr.de/2024/07/25/workshop-series-concludes-for-members-of-somali-federal-memeber-state-legislative-assemblies/

Calls for the resignation of president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud are not new. The blame has usually been directed at the realization of the programme on which he has been elected. Difficulties on the front against Al #Shabaab, a looming threat of war with #Ethiopia and #Somaliland and a constitutional crisis of Hassan Sheikh’s own making, alienating #Puntland, mean the Abudwak incident might prove a turning point in his tenure however.

#Somalia

Last year, #Djibouti had supported #Somaliland against the #Puntland-supported #Dhulbahante clan. The latter, which fought to escape state repression and a possible #genocide, has since routed Somaliland’s army, founded the region of #SSCKhatumo and officially rejoined #Somalia.

#Ethiopia

@mpfpr supported by
@AuswaertigesAmt
continues Workshop Series for parliamentary support staff in #Somalia 🇸🇴.
The latest workshop focused on "Clerical Support to Report Writing and Documentation of Parliamentary Procedures."
highlighting the importance of skilled staff in preparing parliamentary reports.
Workshops were held in #Galmudug, #Hirshabelle, #Jubaland, #SouthWestState, and #Puntland.
Read more ⬇
https://www.mpfpr.de/2024/07/01/foundation-conducts-workshops-on-clerical-support-to-report-writing-and-documentation-of-parliamentary-procedures/

#SSCKhatumo eventually routed #Somaliland’s army in August with the help of #Puntland — while their opponents were probably supported by #Djibouti. Their new administration has been recognized as the 6th region of #Somalia in October. It has struggled to fully control its claimed territory however, including #Ayn, Western #Sool, and the coast of #Sanaag.

#SSCKhatumo eventually routed #Somaliland’s army in August with the help of #Puntland — while their opponents were probably supported by #Djibouti. Their new administration has been recognized as the 6th region of #Somalia in October. It has struggled to fully control its claimed territory however, including #Ayn, Western #Sool, and the coast of #Sanaag.

They follow in that the example of the #Dhulbahante, which managed to defeat #Somaliland’s army with the support of #Puntland last August, and were formally reunited as the 6th region of federal #Somalia in October (#SSC-#Khatumo).

#SSCKhatumo

🔴 Non solo #Libia
L'afflusso di migranti dall' #Etiopia 🇪🇹 nella città portuale di #Bosaso , #Puntland [#Somalia 🇸🇴] è aumentato negli ultimi giorni. La maggior parte di questi migranti si imbarcano su barche da Bosaso per recarsi nello #Yemen 🇾🇪 e poi in #ArabiaSaudita 🇸🇦 #MarRosso
#Africa fa parte del #PianoMattei⁉️
https://twitter.com/dhoorebbc/status/1753039435820654888