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 ...

BOSSASO, Somalia, Feb. 17 (UNHCR) - Mired in desperate poverty in Ethiopia, Fatouma Omar's parents borrowed money from friends for a high-stakes gamble and sent their teenage girl on a ...

HARGEISA, Somalia, May 24 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Thursday started the first voluntary repatriation this year of Somali refugees, many of whom have been in exile for over a decade, from ...