Black Immigrants Fight Mass Deportation of Haitians, Somalis
Approximately 50,000 Haitians and 4,000 Somalis are now at risk of being deported.
The Black Alliance for Just Immigration, BAJI, is calling on lawmakers to halt the mass deportation of Haitian and Somali immigrants living in the United States.
BAJI, a grassroots organization that mobilizes and empowers...
The Full-Court Pressure Of The Somali-American Sportswoman
By:Sarah Barker
How My Daily Commute as a 20-Something White Woman Taught Me About the National Political Situation
Most Twin Cities high school cross country and track teams have Somali students on the roster. Some of these prep runners have gone on to successful college and...
31 Somali refugees killed in helicopter attack off Yemen coast
Boat carrying refugees was travelling to Sudan when it was hit by airstrike from Apache helicopter, coastguard says
Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen when a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, a coastguard in the Houthi-controlled Hudaydah area...
Magid Magid becomes first Somali elected to European Parliament
The councillor, whose mother fled to Britain from Somaliland when he and his siblings were children, becomes the first Somali origin politician to be elected to the European Parliament.
Magid was one of six MEPs elected for Yorkshire and Humber tonight, with three seats going...
Pirates Attack Tanker Near Somali Coast
By MarEx 2017-04-24 20:22:00
On Saturday, a product tanker was attacked at 05.7 N 048.9 E, just six nm off the coast of Somalia's Mudug region. The attack was 30 nm northeast of Hobyo, a small port town that was once the home base of...
Gold Star Awards 2016: Teenager Fahma Mohamed honoured for tireless campaign to end FGM
One of nine daughters in a Muslim Somali family who came to Britain when she was seven, Fahma, from Barton Hill, has been hailed a hero by many – including the Secretary General of the United Nations - for her tireless work to safeguard...
Ethiopia sending troops to region of deadly ethnic clashes
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia's government said on Friday it is sending troops to a region where deadly clashes have broken out between Oromo and Somali ethnic groups.
Somali regional officials say more than 50 people were killed in an attack against ethnic Somalis in the...
UN Calls for Inquiry Into Helicopter Attack Off Yemen
By MarEx
Saudi coalition asks UN to "supervise" port of Hodeidah
The United Nations and the Somali government have called on the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen to investigate a deadly helicopter attack on a Somali refugee boat last week. However, the coalition had a different...
CANADA: Imam of mosque where Samatar Farah, 24, prayed questions police calling shooting ‘targeted
Outpouring of funds for Farah's funeral a 'translation' of community's love for him, says Hassan Ibrahim
Members of Toronto's Somali community are reeling from the loss of a 24-year-old fatally shot in Scarborough, who is being remembered as having a kind and easy-going personality, always...
Blind Somali pianist opens music school for the disabled
Mubarak Farah was eight years old when he began teaching himself to play the piano. A refugee who came to Ottawa with his family when he was three, Farah listened to the Somali folk music played from his family’s cassettes, matching the notes on...