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15,000 Somalis ‘heartbroken’ by Trump refugee ban

Nearly 15,000 Somalis who fled their war-torn country to Kenya and planned to resettle in the United States are now stuck in the world's largest refugee camp because President Trump suspended the U.S. asylum program. They include 137 refugees who just days ago thought they...

1,000 Somali Shillings: How mosques hold Somalia together

by Said Shaiye Back when I lived in Seattle, I really only had a working understanding of what it meant to be Muslim. I’ve prayed in Seattle mosques before — usually Masjid Al-Noor in White Center or Masjid Abu Bakr in Tukwila — but like many young Somali...

90 Somalis deported from the US

By STELLA CHERONO More than 90 Somali nationals and two Kenyans on Wednesday arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after being deported from the United States. The deportees, believed to have been affected by US President Donald Trump’s implementation of his pledge to crack down on...

Dahabshiil appeals for help to save starving millions in EA

By NATION REPORTER Leading financial services company Dahabshiil is urging for a concerted efforts by government, corporates and non governmental organisations to save millions of East Africans from starving to death due to the raging drought across the region. Dahabshiil Chief Executive Officer Abdirashid Duale said...

Why so many Somali-Americans celebrate their birthday on Jan. 1

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...

Saudi Arabia to recruit 10,000 Somalis

By Habib Toumi Employment will be sponsored by recruiting agencies Manama: The general understandings of the convention regulating the recruitment of Somali citizens to work Saudi Arabia have been completed, a Somali diplomatic source said. “The Somali labour minister will visit the kingdom soon to finalise the...

Halimo: Somali Single Mother, Refugee and Person Living with HIV

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...

Unicef Awards 13 year old Somali Refugee that speaks 6 languages

On the occasion of the International Day of Children’s Rights, UNICEF awarded personalities and organisations in Greece that promote children’s rights as well as schools collaborating in a Greek Education Ministry educational programme promoting the rights of children. Among the award winners is thirteen year...

Somaliland:On World Toilet Day, 14 Somali villages are recognized for abandoning open defecation

Garowe, Hargeisa, 19 November 2016 - Twelve villages in Somaliland and two in Puntland have been officially recognized for demonstrating that everyone in their community uses a toilet and no longer goes into the fields, bushes, forests, water or open spaces to defecate. The news...

This Somali-American Teen Is Shaking Up The Miss Minnesota USA Pageant

Somali-American Halima Aden is competing for the title of Miss Minnesota USA and she’s hoping to diversify the archetypal image of beauty pageant contestants. Born in a Kenyan refugee camp, Aden moved to Minnesota ― home to one of the largest Somali communities in America...