Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke says he is "committed" to fighting the procedure that has affected nearly 95 percent of Somali girls.
An ex-con who brutally tortured his ex-girlfriend has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, Pix11 reports.
Born into a goat-herding nomad family living in the desert in tribal Somalia near the border of Ethiopia in 1965, little did Waris Dirie know what her life’s journey would bring. Dirie, who comes from a land where women are the backbone of the country, managed to overcome obstacles that many would find totally defeating. […]
