Women's rights groups, prominent businesswomen and female politicians in Somalia are urging the country's male-dominated parliament to pass a bill reserving 30% of seats for women in next year's ...

Nearly a third of Somalia's parliamentary seats will be reserved for female lawmakers in an election next month, the prime minister said, a measure long demanded by women's rights campaigners in the ...

Hoyo now works out of a $1.6 million facility. It had a stand at the 2025 State Fair and its sambusas are served in school ...

That question echoed through the hall in Mogadishu as journalists, diplomats, and human rights advocates gathered for a one-day workshop on "Digital Safety and Gender Justice: Ending Impunity for ...

The word for "mother "in Somali is "hoyo." In 2018, we introduced you to a company by that name. Mariam Mohamed, who came ...

Over the past month, UNHCR figures show that nearly 40,000 Somalis displaced by drought and famine have converged on Mogadishu in search of food, water, shelter and other assistance. A further 30,000 ...

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 ...

Somali police have raided a house in Mogadishu allegedly used as an illegal abortion clinic, arresting a suspected doctor, ...