Somali

60 Minutes reports on first-generation Somali-Americans who were trying to find themselves-- but wound up convicted of supporting terrorism Abdirizak Warsame may have an exotic name, but by all accounts, he was an American teenager. He lived with his mom in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of...

By Bashir Goth Somalis have always regarded poetry as the pinnacle of their literary heritage but the elegance of the poetic expression came through singing in folklore dances. Before the arrival of the Arabian oud, the ears of the Somali people were trained to the beat of...

Asma Jama was out to dinner with her family at an Applebee's in Coon Rapids, Minn., in October 2015, when a woman seated nearby starting getting angry. Why? Jama, who is Somali-American and Muslim, was speaking Swahili and wearing a hijab. The woman, Jodie Bruchard-Risch,...

Horndiplomat-The Ogaden Liberation Front (ONLF) has today disarmed 1,740 of its armed members. As per an agreement ONLF and Somali regional state signed late this afternoon, the disarmed members will be reintegrated into the regional state either as security forces or as civil servants.  In addition...

At least 61 people have been killed in clashes between different ethnic groups in Ethiopia’s Oromiya region, officials said, the latest bout of violence to highlight increasing instability in a province racked by bloody protests in 2015 and 2016. In the latest bout of attacks...

Rainier Beach graduate Ahlaam Ibraahim got a full scholarship to the University of Washington. The 18-year-old Somali American has started a group to help students with application and financial-aid paperwork. She wants others to believe, "If Ahlaam can do it, so can I." People often...

ABDULLAHI Alim wants to unlock the potential of disadvantaged people. The Manning resident, who has born in Somalia, has been named as a finalist in the 2017 WA Australian of the Year Awards in the young person category alongside Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo, singer...

Kenya - First aid is quickly given to an unconscious woman lying on the floor. The room is dark. Even though she cannot see clearly, the nurse can tell that all is not well by the state of the room. The woman on the...

After a two-year battle with Transport Canada, Ayaan Farah could have her security clearance and job restored. A Federal Court judge quashed the decision to revoke the US Airways employee’s security clearance, because Transport Canada failed to give her enough information to defend herself against...

By Ibrahim Hirsi To complete the immigration papers, a resettlement official from the United Nations gave Mohamed Cali Jan. 1 as his legal birth date. MinnPost photo by Ibrahim Hirsi When Mohamed Cali lived in Somalia, he sometimes saw people blowing out candles on cakes in...