Frustrated by Minnesota banks’ refusal to deal with Somali wire transfer businesses that send money to Africa, some members of the Twin Cities Somali community are taking action. Scores of Somali-American customers went to a Minneapolis Wells Fargo bank branch Friday afternoon to close their accounts to protest the bank’s policies regarding the money wire outfits,...Continue reading »
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LEWISTON — Virtually all of the Somalis who have come to Lewiston since January 2001 are legal residents of the United States. The vast majority arrived with refugee status, meaning they had lived in refugee camps in Kenya or other countries neighboring Somalia and were not able to return home because of “well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion,...Continue reading »
LEWISTON — Mayor-elect Bob Macdonald apologized to the city Thursday for his election-night comments — but his apology wasn’t enough for some members of the city’s immigrant community. Abdifatah Ahmed, a local landlord and pharmacist, said Macdonald ought to apologize for his tone throughout the mayoral campaign, not just his election-night comments. During...Continue reading »
It’s hard to imagine what could make the situation in Somalia, a desperately poor failed state that hasn’t had a functioning government since 1991 and is in the midst of a deadly drought,even worse. But a Minnesota bank may have found something. Minneapolis-based Franklin Bank is widely believed to be the last bank in the state, and probably the nation, that...Continue reading »
Every year over the holiday season, The Patriot-News presents 12 Days of Caring, highlighting a dozen charities that provide needed services in our community. Each of the organizations depends on donations to help underwrite its operations. Today’s story about the Somali Association of Central Pennsylvania is the 11th in the series. To most, learning to write down a...Continue reading »
Ahmed Hassan was nine when he arrived in Finland as a refugee from Somalia. In Finland, he grew up in a Swedish-speaking environment. Today he is on a mission for other foreigners to learn Swedish, Finland’s other official language. In an interview with YLE’s Swedish-language radio news this week, Hassan, 27, says Finnish-Swedish culture is a part of his life. He is...Continue reading »
GREEN BAY – As the Somali population continues to grow in our area, the Northeast Wisconsin Immigrant Support Center is working to help the community better understand the culture. The group put on a workshop at the Downtown Brown County Central library on Saturday. Organizers say it is important for the community, law enforcement and medical professionals to understand...Continue reading »
Tens of thousands of Somalis living in Minnesota might be forced to find another way to send money to relatives in their homeland after a bank that handles the majority of the community’s wire transfers said it was halting the service amid fears some funds could go to terrorists. Sunrise Community Banks plans to close its accounts with several Somali money transfer...Continue reading »
Ceebay Tacaal. Read this crazy story from UK’s Daily mail: A gang of Muslim girls who repeatedly kicked a young woman in the head walked free from court after a judge heard they were ‘not used to being drunk’ because of their religion. The group screamed ‘kill the white slag’ while kicks raining in on 22-year-old Rhea Page as she lay motionless...Continue reading »
PORTLAND — A dozen immigrant taxi drivers are suing the city over a new policy that will require them to renew their airport cab permits in person. The drivers claim the change will make it more difficult for them to maintain their licenses to operate at Portland International Jetport, a coveted market that is capped and closed to new applicants. The lawsuit, announced...Continue reading »
MINNEAPOLIS – The concern was obvious among Somali community elders at the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis Friday afternoon. The men worried about the fate of families and friends if they cannot wire money to help them. Somalia, on the “horn” of East Africa, has been in political disarray with no viable central government since 1991. The country is...Continue reading »
A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for assaulting an 83-year-old Somali man. George Thompson was sentenced Tuesday on one count of violating a federal hate crimes act named after Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr., two well-known hate crime victims. Thompson pleaded guilty in August. Court papers say the 64-year-old former employee of...Continue reading »
Read this article from Richard Dowden is director of the Royal African Society in London and tell us what you think. The model for Somalia is Switzerland. Don’t laugh! Political power in Switzerland lies in the cantons — the 26 proud self-governing communities. The state, such as it is, deals with international matters and national law. Who cares — or even knows...Continue reading »
Somalis in the Aarhus area are considering filing a lawsuit against the owner of an indoor playground in Brabrand, a suburb of Aarhus, after Legeland owner Thomas Vestergaard banned Somalis from the playground. “Somali associations are shocked at the Aarhus playground Legeland’s decision to exclude law-abiding Danish citizens of Somali origin from patronising their...Continue reading »
Gunmen believed to be Somali pirates staged a daring night attack on a fishing village near Malindi and abducted six fishermen. The raiders, who struck at Ngomeni village, 40 kilometres North East of Malindi town, were said to have used a boat loaded with grenades, guns and two special ladders for boarding ships. The attack comes more than a month after Kenya sent troops...Continue reading »
NAIROBI — Kenya’s hopes of creating a border buffer zone in southern Somalia called Azania have been raised by its military incursion there last month, but analysts warn of high risks of such a political gamble. While the Kenyan government has said it sent its troops and tanks across the border to target Islamist Shebab rebels, analysts say the move appears to...Continue reading »
Britain will host an international conference next year on tackling instability in Somalia and protecting ships from pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. The prime minister described the east African nation as a “failed state that directly threatens British interests,” citing attacks on tourists and aid workers, and radicalisation...Continue reading »
Fanaaniinta reer London ayaa codadkooda hallaasiga ah ugu raaxeeyay dadweynaha reer Kiinya iyadoo aad loola dhacay kala dambaynta iyo is xushmaynta ka dhex muuqatay fanaaniintaan aadka u da’da yar. Soomaalo Concert Series ayaa ah Barnaamij ay idiinkugu talo galeen Web-ka dhallinyarada Soomaaliyeed ee Soomaalo.com , SCS ayaa loo sameeyay xafladaha Heesaha fanaaniinta...Continue reading »
