Somali

A family put in temporary housing in Bristol 13 years ago have been the subject of an incredible outpouring of love and support after council housing chiefs decided they needed to move home - across the city. So huge was the messages of support from...

By: NPR Ilhan Omar has won her primary, informally securing a hold on Minnesota's historically Democratic-run 5th district, the Associated Press projects. After a high-profile first term in Congress, the freshman representative faced several primary challengers, the most prominent being Antone Melton-Meaux, a first-time political candidate...

by:Edward Robinson WorldRemit uses mobile money to make inroads in remittances Biggest challenge is keeping digital cash away from terrorists Refugee, economist, whistle-blower, entrepreneur -- Ismail Ahmed has played many roles in his odyssey from war-torn Somalia to London’s fintech frontier. But one event stands out: In...

By JACK HEALY GARDEN CITY, Kan. — The newest pioneers in western Kansas arrive from Somalia and Myanmar, Mexico and Sudan: thousands of immigrants and refugees chasing work in the cattle yards and packing plants where pay starts at $16 an hour and little English...

 By:AFP A Somali man went on trial in Germany on Friday accused of stabbing three people to death and injuring several others, with prosecutors seeking to have him placed in psychiatric care. The suspect, an asylum seeker with a history of mental health problems, faces charges...

After a four year process of background checks and other vetting, 18-year-old Asial was able to come to Portland, Oregon, while the block on President Trump's immigration order is in place.   SOURCE:NBCNEWS

The cousin of girls dubbed the "teenage terror twins" after they joined Islamic State will be sentenced for helping a friend go to Syria. From his mother's home in Manchester, A-level student Abdullahi Ahmed Jama Farah, 20, created a "hub of communication" for his "Mandem"...

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...

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...

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...