Puntland Intelligence Agency

Puntland Intelligence Agency
Hay’ada Sirdoonka Puntland'
وكالة الاستخبارات بونتلاند
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Agency overview
Formed2001
Preceding agencies
  • Puntland Intelligence Service (2001-2010)
  • Puntland Intelligence Agency (2010-present)
Jurisdiction Puntland
HeadquartersBosaso, Puntland, Somalia
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Agency executive
  • Jamaal Carab Yusuuf Jibril, Director
Parent agencyNational Intelligence and Security Agency

The Puntland Intelligence Agency (Somali: Hay’ada Sirdoonka Buntlaand, Arabic: وكالة الاستخبارات بونتلاند) is an intelligence agency based in Puntland, Somalia. It was officially established in 2001 as Puntland Intelligence Service during the rule of President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, with assistance from the United States.[1] The agency operates throughout Somalia, but principally in the autonomous Puntland region, where it serves as the main intelligence and counter-terrorism wing of the Puntland Security Force.[2]

The agency took the name Puntland Intelligence Agency in 2010 after undergoing extensive reform to streamline it to work side by side with other government agencies across Somalia. These reforms were instituted by former Puntland President Abdirahman Farole.[3]

  1. ^ "Somalia: Puntland's Govt Blasts VOA Report As 'Appeasing Al Shabaab'". Garowe Online. allAfrica.
  2. ^ "NSNL 136 - Intelligence profile : Somalia". Cvno.net. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Puntland First Anniversary Report 2009". Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-13.