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21 December – Puntland state of Somalia announces that it will introduce a new banknotes currency in 2025. The state had previously shifted to use of the United States dollar in 2021, due to severe inflation of the Somali shilling. [67]
The Islamic State's insurgency in Puntland started on 22 October 2015 after former al-Shabaab jihadist Abdul Qadir Mumin pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the Islamic State, creating the "Islamic State in Somalia" (Abnaa ul-Calipha) and settling in the Galgala region, in Puntland. [5] [6] [7]
She discussed crucial issues with Puntland's leaders, political figures, and civil society representatives, covering topics like the state's ties with the Federal Government of Somalia. [8] In the Puntland election, candidates hold varying perspectives on federalism and the relationship with the Mogadishu government.
Puntland (Somali: Puntland, Arabic: أرض البنط, Italian: Terra di Punt or Paese di Punt), officially the Puntland State of Somalia (Somali: Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, Arabic: ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is an autonomous territory formed in 1998 that became a federal member state. Puntland is located ...
Following the outbreak of the civil war in 1991, a homegrown constitutional conference was held in Garowe in 1998 over a period of three months. Attended by the area's political elite, traditional elders (Issims), members of the business community, intellectuals and other civil society representatives, the autonomous Puntland State of Somalia was subsequently officially established so as to ...
Puntland is a federal state in the northeast of Somalia. Galmudug is a federal state in central Somalia. Jubaland is a federal state in the south of Somalia. [2] In November 2014, the South West State of Somalia was established. [3] Hirshabelle State was formed in October 2016. [4] Khatumo State in the north central region was recognized in 2023.
Puntland is officially a federal state in Somalia. Its location is the tip of the Horn. A third of Somalia's population lives in the state, [2] which contains about a third of the nation's geographical area. [3] The name "Puntland" is derived from the Land of Punt mentioned by ancient Egyptian sources. However, the exact location of the fabled ...
The Puntland State House (Somali: Madaxtooyada Dawladda Puntland), (Arabic: القصر الرئاسي في أرض البنط); is a presidential palace in Garowe and significant state government building located in Government of Puntland, Somalia.