MINNEAPOLIS – The jury is still out in the case of two Somali women accused of funneling money to a terror group as deliberations stretch into their third day following the nine-day trial at the Hennepin County Government Center. Jurors are trying to decide the verdict on each of the 15 charges leveled against Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassen. Ali faces one...Continue reading »
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The San Diego neighborhood of City Heights has been nicknamed “the refugee capital of America.” Last year, local resettlement workers assisted more than 5,000 new arrivals to San Diego; and most of them ended up in the neighborhood. Among the many things these newcomers have had to adjust is their diet. From our Fronteras Desk, Ruxandra Guidi introduces us...Continue reading »
THE Somali community in Northampton has started a campaign to show people in the town it condemns a terrorist organisation from their homeland. Al Shabaab – which fights in the East African country for, among other things, stricter Muslim laws – claimed responsibility for a deadly bomb attack in Somalia earlier this month, following another last March. The UK Government...Continue reading »
Latino and Somali immigrants are organizing in Milwaukee, Minn., against Wells Fargo, telling the bank to stop donating to anti-immigrant politicians and private prison corporations while courting immigrant customers. About 150 people, many of them Wells Fargo customers and Latino or Somali immigrants, gathered outside a Wells Fargo branch on Saturday to protest the bank....Continue reading »
A TEENAGER has pleaded guilty to violent disorder over the death of a Sheffield student who died after weeks of fighting between Bengali and Somali youths. Abdulla Awil Mohammed, aged 18, died in March after a car ploughed into him and fellow Somali friends on Coleridge Road, Darnall. The Sheffield Hallam University engineering student, from Burngreave, was struck on...Continue reading »
In the three years she’s worked as a shuttle driver for Hertz at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Zainab Aweis, had always taken time out of her shift each day to pray. An observant Muslim, she prays five times a day — with one, sometimes two of those prayer times falling during her shift. “That was the one benefit of the job,” the 20-year-old...Continue reading »
DAY 1 - Today is the day that I am returning to my country of origin after spending 18 years abroad. I am at Schiphol airport in the departure lounge with my husband and three children. On the one hand I’m excited and on the other hand I’m worried. I’m excited because I am going to see my home country after a long time abroad. But I’m worried...Continue reading »
Minneapolis (SPR): Waxaa magaalada Minneapolis si weyn loogu soo dhaweeyey isla markaasina shir balaadhan ku qabtey isla magaalada Minneapolis ee gobolka Minnesota Ergeyga Gaarka ee arimaha Soomaaliya u Qaabilsan Qaramada Mideebo Dr. Augustina Phillip Mahiga ayaa waxaa uu la kulmey aqoonyahanada, ururada maxaliga ah, Jaaliyadaha, dhalinyarada iyo guud ahaan bulshaweynta...Continue reading »
Fanaanka/Gabyaaga reer Minneapolis KAY ayaa soo saaray hees lacag loogu aruurinayo dadka abaaruhu ay Soomaaliya ku saameeyeen ee ku tabaalaysan dhulkeenii hooyo. KAY ayaa ah fanaan aadan marnaba ka filanayn inuu soo saaro hees biig ah, Maantana wuxuu u dadaalayaa sidii wax loogu uruurin lahaa dadkeena dhiban. Halkan ka Daawo Heesta ...
Somalian Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, whose famine-stricken country needs shipments of food and medicine, has brought his appeal for aid to Toronto. “We have provided as much as we can, but we cannot do it alone,” he told the Star before an expected appearance before a large gathering of the city’s Somali community Sunday. “We appeal to the international...Continue reading »
Despite state Rep. Jeff Hayden‘s experience as a state legislator and his monopoly on endorsements, he wasn’t without competition in his ultimately victorious run at the DFL nomination for Senate District 61 Tuesday. Sadik Warfa came in second in the six-person DFL primary, garnering 28 percent of the vote. Warfa is a Somali-American and community activist who previously...Continue reading »
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After Fartun Osman fled her civil war-torn country of Somalia, she didn’t quit trying to help others overcome destructive social and cultural norms. The Woodbury single mother of four continued volunteering for nonprofit organizations in the Twin Cities to try and get young Somali girls to achieve their dreams of becoming something their ancestors never thought they’d...Continue reading »
A clash last month between black and Bhutanese Nepali residents of a North Side apartment complex started when two men tried to rob one of the refugees, witnesses said. Now, the city of Columbus is trying to set up a meeting between the Bhutanese Nepali community and other residents to try to discuss cultural differences and other simmering issues. Abdi Soofe of the city’s...Continue reading »
One child died in front of Said Sheik-Abdi in late August, and the small body was carried away for burial. Hundreds of others struggled for their lives in hospitals so crowded that tables doubled as beds. Hundreds more squatted in the shadow of Mogadishu’s airport, praying for food and water. “This is shocking to see and so terribly sad,” Sheik-Abdi said...Continue reading »
Mo Farah won Britain’s second gold of the world championships with a stunning run in the 5,000m. The 28-year-old, who took silver in the 10,000m a week ago, outsprinted Bernard Lagat in the home straight to claim victory in a time of 13min 23.36sec. Ethiopia’s Imane Merga finished third. “I came so close in the 10 and I just wanted to do it in the 5,000,”...Continue reading »
