Las Anod is the administrative capital of the Sool region,currently controlled by Khatumo State forces aligned with Somalia.
Galkayo is the third-largest city in Somalia which serves as the capital of the north-central Mudug region.
The Majeerteen, alternately known as MohammedHarti,are a prominent Somali sub-clan of the Harti,which falls under the Darod conglomerate of clans. Traditionally,they inhabit extensive territories in the Bari,Nugaal,and Mudug regions of Somalia,spanning from Bosaso to Garacad,mainly in Puntland state. Additionally,Majeerteen populations are present in southern towns such as Kismayo.
Qardho,also known as Gardo,is a city in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia,a district within the autonomous state of Puntland.
The Darod is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan is Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti,more commonly known as Darod. The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripheries,the Somali hinterlands adjacent to Oromia (Ogaden),and both sides of the Kenya–Somalia border. The Darod clan is the largest Somali clan family in the Horn of Africa.
The Awrtable is a Prominent Somali sub-clan from the Darod clan.
The Harti,(Somali:Harti),are a Somali clan that trace their lineage back to SalehAbdi (Harti). They are a sub-clan of the larger Darod clan. Notable sub-clans within Harti include the Majeerteen,Dhulbahante,and the Warsengeli. They predominantly reside in the apex of the Horn of Africa and its surrounding regions. Furthermore,in the southern territories,the clan's settlements span both sides of the Kenya-Somalia border.
Galmudug,officially Galmudug State of Somalia,is a Federal Member State in central Somalia,with its capital at Dhusamareb. It is bordered to the north by the Puntland state of Somalia,to the west by the Somali Region in Ethiopia,to the east by the Indian Ocean and to the south by the Hirshabelle state of Somalia.
Fuad Mohamed Qalaf,also known as Fuad Shangole,is a Somali-Swedish militant who is a senior member of Al-Shabaab.
Badhan,also known as Baran is a city in the Sanaag region of Puntland state of Somalia.
The Puntland–Somaliland war is a ongoing War over the provinces of Sool,Sanaag and Cayn of Togdheer regions between the self-declared Republic of Somaliland and the Puntland state of Somalia.
Buuhoodle,also known as Bohotle,serves as a significant border town for the movement of goods between Khaatumo and the Somali Region of Ethiopia. The surrounding district is rich in livestock with growing agricultural activities.
General Abdullahi Ahmed Jama Ilkajir is a Somali politician,who was Puntland's Interior Minister from 17 January 2009 to 5 February 2014. He is the former Minister of Education of Somalia,having been appointed to the position on 12 January 2015 by the former Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke. However,he only served 2 weeks when on 17 January 2015,Prime Minister Sharmarke dissolved his newly nominated cabinet due to vehement opposition by legislators,who rejected the reappointment of certain former ministers.
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas,also more known as Abdiweli Gaas,is a Somali American economist and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Somalia from June 2011 to October 2012,and briefly afterwards as an MP in the newly formed Federal Parliament. During his time as premier,Ali is credited with having devised the formal "Roadmap for the End of Transition",a political process that provided clear benchmarks leading toward the establishment of permanent democratic institutions in the country. On 8 January 2014,he was elected the 5th President of the Puntland.
The Federal Government of Somalia is the internationally recognised government of Somalia,and the first attempt to create a central government in Somalia since the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic. It replaced the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia on 20 August 2012 with the adoption of the Constitution of Somalia.
Women in Somalia form a key part of Somali society,with clearly defined and important roles in the family and structure. This includes Somali women in Somaliland,a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia. From the time of Ismail Urwayni's proselytizing in 1890,until the Dervish State's defeat by British air bombardment in 1920,women in the strip of land from Jidali,Sanaag in the north,to Beledweyne in the south were referred to as Darawiishaad (plural) or Darwiishad (singular).
Abdulkadir Abdinur Hashi is a Somali politician. He previously served as the Minister of State for Planning and International Cooperation of Puntland,and is a Member of the Federal Parliament of Somalia.
Ahmed Abdi Mohamud Sugulle "Habsade" is a Puntland and Somaliland politician. He was a decorated Colonel in the Somali Armed Forces and the second in command of the Somali Custodial Corps equivalent to that of the Italian Arma dei Carabinieri but the Custodial Corps fall under the Ministry of the Interior and are part of the Police Force. A politician and respected elder later in life (he was instrumental in the founding of Somaliland and became the Speaker of the Somaliland House of Representatives. In 1998,he was appointed Minister of the Interior of Puntland but was dismissed in 2007 after a conflict with Mohamud Muse Hersi,who became President of Puntland in 2006. In 2007,he brought Somaliland troops into Las Anod,leading to Somaliland's effective control of the Sool region. He served as various Somaliland Ministers of state from 2008. In 2014,Abdiweli Gaas became President of Puntland and he come back to Puntland.
Isse MohamoudorEisse Mahmoud,;Eisse is a prominent sub-clan within the Majertein clan,comprising a significant population in four regional states primarily located in Puntland Somalia.
A full-blown constitutional crisis developed in Somalia when the Somali President,Hassan Sheikh Mohamud,changed the Constitution of Somalia on April 30,2024. The change was strongly opposed by the President of Puntland,Said Abdullahi Deni,and as a direct result,Puntland withdrew its recognition of the Federal Government of Somalia and declared itself an independent state based on Article 4 of the Puntland Constitution.
