...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
state on Sunday, the second top official assassinated in the northeastern Federal State since March.
Ahmed Muse Nur and several security guards were reported to have been killed in a huge blast targeted his vehicle while travelling in northern Galkayo city.
Some reports suggest that the attack occurred outside the governor’s office.
Last March, al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...grabbed credit for a suicide kaboom that killed Nugal governor and former regional police boss in Garowe city.
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