Somali

By Jim Siegel  The Columbus Dispatch Before Ismail Mohamad could become possibly the first Somali-born attorney licensed to practice in Ohio, he first had to convince his family that he was pursuing the right profession. They knew he was tough, having escaped the violence of civil war...

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...

This story by Arthur Nazaryan originally appeared on PRI.org on April 21, 2017. It is republished here as part of a partnership between PRI and Global Voices. It was just two years ago that Liban Adam found himself in the shrublands in northern Somalia, crouched over a giant bowl of...

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...

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...

By:EGYPT TODAY 3 February 2022: The management of the Aswan International Women Film Festival decided to grant the Somali Hibaq Osman the Note Award for achievement in the field of women’s issues, and to honor her at the opening ceremony of the festival's sixth edition...

By: Jama Farah  ,HornDiplomat Contributor Somalia confirmed three more deaths from coronavirus in Mogadishu on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total fatalities to 5, according to the health ministry. A ministry statement said 20 people tested positive for the virus over the past 24 hours, taking the...

Eight years ago, when Fatimah Hussein started working at Minneapolis’ Brian Coyle Center, she often saw teenage boys playing basketball in the gym, while girls at the center passed the time roaming in the library room or the computer lab. The reason, she said, was...

Noted humanitarian Dr. Hawa Abdi Diblaawe will visit the campus on Tuesday, April 18 under the auspices of the Chubb Fellowship. She will be joined by her daughter, Dr. Deqo Mohamed, who was a fall 2016 Yale Greenberg World Fellow. Abdi and Mohamed will give...

Somalis in Tech announce the launch of their second annual virtual Hackathon with a specific focus on Climate Change. The community organisation Somalis in Tech have announced they will launch a second hackathon later this month. This year the theme is climate change an issue...