For several years, online rumors have alleged that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S. as a refugee.

In 2017, the United Nations named her Kenya’s UN Person of the Year. That same year, Omar won the African Leaders for Change Award, made it to OkayAfrica’s list of 100 top women, and was on ...

UN warns more had to be done for thousands of Sudanese refugees stuck in Libya. Many of them hope to come to Europe.