MOGADISHU, Somalia - Marking International Women’s Day, the top United Nations official for Somalia today congratulated Somali women for achieving significant progress in recent years – especially in ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday congratulated women across the country and in the diaspora as Somalia marked International Women's Day on March 8.In a statement, Mohamud praised ...

"Woman Land,” a Minneapolis-made short directed by Yasmin Yassin, debuts in Finland and Minnesota. The 10-minute film is a ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali women's urge to directly participate in governance was tremendously boosted on Sunday, following the decision by Lower House to unanimously endorse a 30 percent quota ...

GALKAYO, Somalia (UNHCR) - Hawa Aden has been called a witch. She and her women colleagues have been labelled traitors to Somali culture and the Islamic religion, and had Friday sermons preached ...

The Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU), with the support of the United Nations (UN), has rolled out a nationwide labour rights education campaign aimed at enabling workers to understand, ...

A Somali American woman who went viral for describing her identity as "bananas and rice" was among 16 people arrested in Minneapolis and accused of participating in a riot, as federal authorities ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — In a city long defined by conflict, Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu now echoes with the crash of pins at the country’s first modern bowling alley. It’s the latest sign of ...

ALI ADDEH REFUGEE CAMP, Djibouti, March 15 (UNHCR) - Maymun Muhyadine Mohamed loved to run and play football in the streets of Mogadishu. Her skills won her a medal and a cap at a local competition.