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Born and raised in Somalia, Abdulqafar Abdullahi’s life path was interesting, often exciting, but not always easy. After high school, he won a scholarship to an Indian university, where he earned both a Bachelor’s degree in economics and a Master’s degree in business administration. He...

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday released its declassified report on Russia's efforts to influence the outcome of the 2016 election by hacking Democratic outfits during the campaign. The report comes a day after top intelligence officials, including Director of National...

Fatimah Hussein was born in Somalia and immigrated to Minneapolis when she was 6 with her family, fleeing civil war. Ms. Hussein and her sister played softball when they were young, but in middle school they stopped, as did many of their Muslim peers. “It...

They could be found on the outskirts of Sirte, Libya, supporting local militia fighters, and in Mukalla, Yemen, backing troops from the United Arab mirates.  At Saakow, a remote outpost in southern Somalia, they assisted local commandos in killing several members of the terror...

US Vice-President Joe Biden has a blunt suggestion for President-elect Donald Trump: It is time to "grow up." Asked about a few of Trump's controversial remarks and tweets since winning the November election, Biden had some intemperate comments of his own. "Grow up Donald, grow up,...

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...

MILWAUKEE — At a time when the United Nationssays the world has never seen so many refugees, with tens of millions displaced by war and persecution, Milwaukee teenager Zeynab Ali is just one more. Born in a refugee tent village in Kenya to parents forced to flee...

BY JEFF NELSON•@NELSON_JEFF On Nov. 8, Ilhan Omar made history when she was elected the first Somali-American lawmaker in the U.S. “My election win offers a counter-narrative to the bigotry in the world,” Minnesota State Representative-elect Omar, 34, says in the new issue of PEOPLE. “This...

President-elect warns reporters on New Year’s Eve against being quick to pin blame on Moscow for the hacking of Democratic party emails Donald Trump has expressed continued skepticism over whether Russia was responsible for computer hacks of Democratic party officials. In remarks to reporters upon entering...

In the Washington of 2016, even when the policy can be bipartisan, the politics cannot. And in that sense, this year shows little sign of ending on Dec. 31. When President Obama moved to sanction Russia over its alleged interference in the U.S. election just...