Badhan, also known as Baran is a city in the Sanaag state of Somaliland.
Sarmaanyo is a town in the Sool region of Somalia/. (Sometimes considered in the Sanaag region.
Dhahar is a town in the eastern Sanaag region, and the capital of the Dhahar District. Reuters reports Dhahar as a Puntland town in 2021, but also reports how it condemns President Puntland and supports President Somalia. Somali Broadcasting Corporation reports in 2019 that Dhahar is a town effectively controlled by Somaliland. One Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS Foundation Trust in England, researcher describes Dhahar as a district in Puntland in 2014.
Odweyne district or Dadmadhedh region is a district in the central Togdheer region of Somaliland. Its administrative center is Odweyne.
Garad Jama Garad Ali is the 21st supreme traditional clan Sultan (Garaad) of the Dhulbahante. He has significant influence in Somalia's current politics, particularly in Ssc-Khatumo.
Garad Saleban Garad Mohamed was a Somali clan leader. He was the supreme Garad of the Mohamoud Garad and the second most senior traditional leader of the Dhulbahante clan.
Dhummay is a town in the Sool region of Somaliland. It is 35 miles south of Las Anod, the regional capital of Sool.
Halin is a town in the Sool region of Somalia. It was the headquarters of the Dervish movement during 1903–1904.
Yasin Haji Mohamoud Hiir also known as Faratoon (Faraton) is a Somaliland politician, who is currently the speaker of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament.
Abdiqani Mohamoud Ateye Farid is a Somalilander politician, who served as the Defence Minister of Somaliland from his appointment in 2019 to 2024.
Mustafe Mohamoud Ali Bile is a Somali politician, who is currently serving as the Minister of Justice of Somaliland.
The Governor of Sool. Is the chief executive of the Sool, region of Somalia and leads the region's executive branch.
Events of 2017 in Somaliland.
Events of 2016 in Somaliland.
The Farah Garad or the Garad Farah is a Somali clan which is part of the Dhulbahante clan-family, a sub-division of the larger Harti/Darod clan. The Farah Garad are divided into two sub-clans — Yassin Garad and Abdalla Garad. Abdalla has four clan eponyms, Ahmed Garad, Mohamed Garad (Baharsame), Guled Garad (Barkad) and Ali Garad. They are largely significant in Sool and Togdheer regions of Somaliland, and Dollo Somali region of Ethiopia.
Liban Yusuf Osman is a Somali politician, who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Health Development. He formerly served as the Deputy and acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland. A year and have ago, Liban formerly served the same position of the Deputy Minister of Health Development of Somaliland. He also served as the deputy Minister of Public Works and Housing of Somaliland.
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.
Abdikarim Adan Haji Diriye is a Somaliland politician and is the current Governor of Sool Region of Somaliland. He was appointed and assumed as the Governor of sool by the president of Somaliland HE Muse Bihi Abdi on 2 November 2021. He was Governor of Gebiley from 29 June 2020 to 2 November 2021.
Puntland, ,, officially the Puntland State of Somalia, Arabic: ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a Federal Member State in northeastern Somalia. The Administrative Capital is Garowe in the Nugal region, and its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Geographically to the west, Puntland lays claim to the intra-46th meridian territories that were outside European colonial rule during parts of the Scramble for Africa period.
