The Somali community in Egypt, particularly refugees, faces many challenges: isolation, limited access to resources, cultural ...

Through its partnership with SOMWA and Somali authorities, UNESCO pledged to continue supporting freedom of expression and ...

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 ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali appeals court on Sunday dropped charges against a woman who alleged she was raped by government security forces and had been convicted of defaming the government.

The word for "mother "in Somali is "hoyo." In 2018, we introduced you to a company by that name. Mariam Mohamed, who came from Somalia for college, noticed how hard it was for Somali women to get jobs ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A woman who fled war-torn Somalia as a child was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for sending $1,450 to members of a terrorist organization in her native country. Nima Ali ...

VIENNA (UNHCR) - When Zahara (not her real name) decided to become a police officer, she did not think that one day she would be the one needing protection. Zahara grew up in Burao, northern Somalia, ...

"Seeing a woman riding a horse in the capital is a testament to this newfound peace," he said. Mohamed Adam Hassan was one of several locals who followed Muse as she rode through a long stretch of ...

Kidnapped British woman freed from pirate captors in Somalia; to fly to Kenya British tourist Judith Tebbutt, 56, who was snatched by Somali gunmen from a resort island in Kenya and whose husband ...