They run child care centers, health care agencies, salons, restaurants, consulting firms and retail shops. Many work two jobs ...

"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 ...

Federal immigration officials have stepped up enforcement activity in Minnesota amid a fraud scandal there that includes many ...

Construction is booming in Somalia's capital city and as Mogadishu literally rises from the ashes of its violent past it is also giving unexpected opportunities to women like Fathi Mohamed Abdi and ...

When the Thomson Reuters Foundation revealed today that Afghanistan had topped its list of the world's most dangerous countries for women, Somalia's women's minister, Maryan Qasim, had one reaction: ...

LONDON, June 15 (TrustLaw) - A Thomson Reuters Foundation poll may have found that Afghanistan is the most dangerous place to be a woman, but Somalia's women's minister is astonished any country could ...

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 ...

A strange sight appears on the streets of Mogadishu: a figure dressed all in black, including a cowboy hat, riding a horse. Shukri Osman Muse, Somalia's first female ...