It is unusual for Somali women to be the primary storytellers, yet they are now the ones taking on that mantle in the diaspora. Getty Images/PA Nadifa Mohamed has been shortlisted for the Man ...

The BBC's Mary Harper writes about her experiences at Somali beauty parlours. I was relaxing in a comfy chair when a woman came at me with a long, sharp knife. That first time, I was terrified.

A young Somali man who married two women on the same night has told the BBC that he will encourage other men to do it. Bashir Mohamed said he courted both women for about eight months, and ...

"It is tone-deaf for the Somali government to have men on the frontline, representing women at the conference," Fathiya Absie, a well-known Somali author and human rights activist, told the BBC.

We opt to buy her and the children breakfast before sitting down for an interview. Curious, we inquire about her husband's whereabouts and she says they divorced a month after he discovered that ...

When she was sworn in on Thursday night, she became the first Somali-American woman to join the force. "I'm just very excited to be here and represent my people and my community," she said.

Outrage has erupted on social media after Somalia’s Family Minister Gen Bashir Mohamed Jama shared photos on X of himself and ...