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Twenty-one men are executed by a firing squad in Galkayo, in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, Somalia, after they were convicted of being members of the jihadist group al-Shabaab. It is the largest number of executions of members of the group in Puntland. While the executions were being carried out, al-Shabaab gunmen attacked the town of Wisil, Mudug, killing 20 soldiers.
2021-06-27

At least seven soldiers are killed after al-Shabaab militants storm a jail in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia. More than 400 prisoners are freed during the assault, the majority of whom are Al-Shabaab fighters.
2021-03-5

Secessionists battle with forces from Somaliland near the border with Puntland in northern Somalia.
2012-02-10

South Korea will fly the bodies of eight Somali pirates killed in a commando raid on a freighter last month from Muscat, Oman, to Mogadishu, Somalia.
2011-02-16

The United Nations says child soldiers continue to be recruited to fight and engage in piracy in Somalia.
2010-11-4

The African Union calls on the United Nations Security Council to impose an air and naval blockade of Somalia to counter an Islamist Al-Shabaab militant insurgency and piracy.
2010-10-21

Somali pirates hijack a South Korean owned Kenyan registered fishing boat with 43 crew aboard.
2010-10-17

Somali forces from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland storm a hijacked Panamanian-flagged cargo ship, capturing the pirates and freeing the crew.
2010-06-3

Two potential pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia are disrupted by the Seychelles Coast Guard and the Australian navy.
2010-05-30

Piracy in Somalia: A South Korean warship catches up with an oil tanker that was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean.
2010-04-6