Somali women describe a complex and shifting tradition of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Somalia, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health by Zamzam I.A. Ali from the ...

Somalia’s health system stands at one of the most precarious junctures in global public health, and a new analysis published ...

In Somaliland, a breakaway state in the Horn of Africa, female basketball players are fighting to play for a country not found on the world map.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The federal government of Somalia has airlifted 49 female police officers for further training in Turkey, just weeks before the country holds elections, which had been derailed ...

Despite global efforts to stop the practice of female genital mutilation, the harmful tradition continues to affect the lives and health of millions of women and girls in Somalia. Reporter Najib Ahmed ...

Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has opened a business exhibition in Mogadishu's Hodan district, praising women entrepreneurs and young people for their contribution to economic development and ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia-Federal Government of Somalia’s (FGS) President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has promulgated the sacking of two of three women ministers in the cabinet by decree on Saturday, Garowe Online ...

Twenty five year-old equestrian Shukri Osman Muse has been turning heads on the streets of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Since taking up riding just last year she has now become, according to her ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Casting her bright yellow scarf over her golden Somali "dirac" gown, Fadumo Dayib speaks in a hushed tone. But as the first woman to run for president in Somalia, ...