One of the most significant new reforms enacted by the incumbent Puntland administration is the launching in May 2009 of the Puntland Agency for Social Welfare ( PASWE ), the first organization of its kind in Somali history.

Additionally, the Puntland Agency For Social Welfare ( PASWE ) is headquartered here.

On October 10, 2004, in a session held by the Transitional Federal Parliament ( TFP ), former Puntland President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed was elected as President of the succeeding Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ), an interim federal administrative body that he had helped establish earlier in the year.

Local control of Sanaag is disputed between Somaliland, the autonomous Puntland region, and HBM-SSC ( Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC ), a local unionist group whose goal is the creation of its own regional administration ( Sool, Sanaag and Cayn or SSC ).

The region is disputed between Somaliland, the autonomous Puntland, and HBM-SSC ( Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC ), a local unionist group whose goal is the creation of its own regional administration ( Sool, Sanaag and Cayn or SSC ).

Puntland (, ), officially the Puntland State of Somalia (), is a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province.

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 deliver services to the population, offer security, facilitate trade, and interact with both domestic and international partners.

Local control is disputed between Somaliland, a self-declared independent republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia, the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia, and HBM-SSC ( Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC ), a local unionist group whose goal is the creation of its own regional administration ( Sool, Sanaag and Cayn or SSC ).

Some modern havens include Eyl, in the Puntland region of northern Somalia, and Harardhere ( Xarard-heere ), in the Mudug province of Somalia.

Local control is disputed between Somaliland, a self-declared independent republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia, the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia, and HBM-SSC ( Hoggaanka Badbaadada iyo Mideynta SSC ), a local unionist group whose goal is the creation of its own regional administration ( Sool, Sanaag and Cayn or SSC ).

" These aims were sidelined after the decisive defeat of the ICU in the Battle of Baidoa and the subsequent actions of the war in Somalia by the allied forces of the Somali Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ), the autonomous governing zones of Puntland, Southwestern Somalia, Jubaland, and Galmudug and their military backer, Ethiopia.

Galkayo has several high schools, including Mudug High School ( Dugsiga sare ee Mudug ), Omar Samatar Secondary School ( Dugsiga sare ee Omar Samatar ), Ummada Primary and Intermediate School, Yamays International School, Haji Ali-Bihi School, Puntland Primary and Intermediate School, and Al Shacab.

These include Radio Daljir, Radio Codka-Nabbada, Radio Codka-Mudug and Radio Gaalkacyo ( formerly Radio Free Somalia ), the latter of which is affiliated with the Puntland government and the Somali Salvation Democratic Front ( SSDF ).

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 deliver services to the population, offer security, facilitate trade, and interact with both domestic and international partners.

Attended by SSDF representatives, traditional elders ( Issims ), members of the business community, intellectuals and other civil society members, the autonomous Puntland State of Somalia was subsequently officially established so as to deliver services, offer security, facilitate trade, and interact with both domestic and international partners.

After serving two terms as President of Puntland, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed was elected in 2004 as President of the Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ), an interim federal administrative body that he had helped establish earlier in the year.

* Abdilwali Hersi Abdille Indhaguran, former Minister of Electricity and Power Generation of the Somali national government ( TNG ), and Minister of Federal and Somali Affairs of Puntland

Galdogob (, ), also spelled Goldogob, is a town located in the north-central Mudug Puntland, Somalia.

After extensive deliberations attended by regional actors and international observers, the conference ended in a signed agreement between TFG President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Speaker of Parliament Sharif Adan Sharif Hassan, Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, Galmudug President Mohamed Ahmed Alim and Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama ' a representative Khalif Abdulkadir Noor stipulating that: a ) a new 225 member bicameral parliament would be formed, consisting of an upper house seating 54 Senators as well as a lower house ; b ) 30 % of the National Constituent Assembly ( NCA ) is earmarked for women ; c ) the President is to be appointed via a constitutional election ; and d ) the Prime Minister is selected by the President and he / she then names his / her Cabinet.

Garowe Online reported in October that Mohamed Said Atom, an arms-smuggler believed to be allied with Al-Shabaab and who is on U. S. and U. N. security watch-lists, was hiding out in Somaliland after being pursued by the neighboring Puntland region's authorities for his role in targeted assassination attempts against Puntland officials as well as bomb plots.

Several of Atom's followers were also reportedly receiving medical attention in the region, after having been wounded in a counter-terrorism raid in the Galgala hills by Puntland security personnel.

After extensive deliberations attended by regional actors and international observers, the conference ended in a signed agreement between TFG President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Speaker of Parliament Sharif Adan Sharif Hassan, Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, Galmudug President Mohamed Ahmed Alim and Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama ' a representative Khalif Abdulkadir Noor stipulating that: a ) a new 225 member bicameral parliament would be formed, consisting of an upper house seating 54 Senators as well as a lower house ; b ) 30 % of the National Constituent Assembly ( NCA ) is earmarked for women ; c ) the President is to be appointed via a constitutional election ; and d ) the Prime Minister is selected by the President and he / she then names his / her Cabinet.

The new naval base is funded by the Puntland administration in conjunction with Saracen International, a UK-based security company.

Sanaag is a disputed region, claimed as sovereign territory by the two autonomous Somaliland and Puntland macro-regions of Somalia.

From 2003 until October 2007, Sool was administered by Puntland, a territory with a similar clan composition.

Puntland is bordered by Somaliland to its west, the Gulf of Aden in the north, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, the central Galmudug region of Somalia in the south, and Ethiopia in the southwest.

The name " Puntland " is derived from the Land of Punt mentioned by ancient Egyptian sources.

In January 2009, he won 49 of the 66 votes cast by parliament members, defeating the nine other candidates including incumbent President Muse, to become the fourth President of Puntland.

" Range Resources, for its part, responded by indicating that it " looks forward to establishing a constructive and mutually beneficial relationship with the new Puntland government and its president ".

Also during his tenure in the TNG, he was reported to have assisted shipping weapons from the TNG to the Puntland faction led by Abdullahi Yusuf fighting against Jama Ali Jama, who had been elected to the office of President.

However, as infrastructure spending in Sool was delayed some Dhulbahante clans felt disinfranchised by the government in Puntland, and sided with Somaliland in the October 2007 take-over by Somaliland.

The city is divided into two zones, where the main northern portion forms part of Puntland state, while its southern tip is governed by the Galmudug administration.

A divided city, it is sectioned along a north / south axis, with the main northern portion forming a part of the autonomous Puntland state, while the southern tip is governed by the Galmudug administration.

Despite weeks of political tension prior to the vote, the election itself was also reportedly peaceful, prompting one U. S .- based observer to suggest that the " success of the Puntland elections can begin to provide a model for the whole of Somalia.

* Puntland, a region in north-eastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province.

While Somalia's formal judicial system was largely destroyed after the fall of the Siad Barre regime, it was later gradually rebuilt and administered under different regional governments, such as the autonomous Puntland and Somaliland macro-regions.

Due to a lack of funding and human resources, an arms embargo that made it difficult to re-establish a national security force, and general indifference on the part of the international community, President Yusuf found himself obliged to deploy thousands of troops from Puntland to Mogadishu to sustain the battle against insurgent elements in the southern part of the country.

Additionally, fishing fleets from Europe and Asia have reached commercial fishing agreements in the northern Puntland region.

Oil blocks in Puntland.

An oil group listed in Sydney, Range Resources, anticipates that the Puntland province in the north has the potential to produce to of oil.

Additionally, the Puntland region under the Farole administration has since sought to refine the province's existing oil deal with Range Resources.

In 2012, the Farole administration gave the green light to the first official oil exploration project in Puntland and Somalia at large.

A few autonomous regions, including the Somaliland, Puntland and Galmudug administrations, emerged in the north in the ensuing process of decentralization.

Due to a lack of funding and human resources, an arms embargo that made it difficult to re-establish a national security force, and general indifference on the part of the international community, President Yusuf found himself obliged to deploy thousands of troops from Puntland to Mogadishu to sustain the battle against insurgent elements in the southern part of the country.

According to Puntland government documents, the Somaliland region's Riyale government in 2006 both financed and offered military assistance to Atom's men as part of a campaign to destabilize the autonomous territory via proxy agents and to distract attention away from the Somaliland government's own attempts at occupying the disputed Sool province.