Rochester, Minn. — Abdalla Mursal moved his family from Atlanta to southeastern Minnesota a decade ago to raise his four children in an area with good schools and low crime. Abdalla Mursal, standing on right, teaches English classes to Somali elders at the Rochester Senior Center. Mursal says the conversation often turns to recent incidents involving Somali students...Continue reading »
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Photo By: Bartamaha (Wiilwaal) In his last conversation with his sister in Somalia, Dr. Mohamed Aden Ali spoke as the protective older brother. “Be careful,” he told her softly over the phone. Seven hours later, Qamar Aden Ali, his kid sister and Somalia’s minister of health, was dead, one of 24 people killed by a suicide bomber at a graduation ceremony...Continue reading »
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (12/17/2009) —The University of Minnesota, in partnership with 12 community organizations, has received $2,862,333 in federal funds to develop and improve 11 computer labs throughout underserved neighborhoods in the Twin Cities as part of the federal stimulus law. The award was selected from among 2,200 proposals received by the Department...Continue reading »
CALGARY – Journalist Amanda Lindhout is thanking everyone involved in her rescue from 15 months of captivity in Somalia — from the Canadian government and the Aga Khan right down to her family and the ordinary Canadians who raised money to fund her release. “I am so proud to be a Canadian,” Ms. Lindhout said in the written statement — her...Continue reading »
TORONTO — At a mosque in a bleak industrial neighbourhood in north Toronto, Imam Saed Rageah devoted his sermon on Friday to denouncing the suicide bombings plaguing his homeland of Somalia. “This is not in Islam,” he said. The congregation of the Abu Huraira mosque kneeled and listened, but it was those who weren’t present that made his words...Continue reading »
Minneapolis, Banaanbax looga soo horjeedo qaraxii foosha xumaa ee loogaystay masuuliyiinta Dowlada iyo ardayda qalinjebinaysay. Qaraxan oo saamayan xoogwayan u gaystay bulshada Soomaaliyeed dhankastaba hadaynoqoto saxaafada rayadka culima owdiinka iyo madaxa bulshada midkastii dhaawac wayn oo aanay bulshadu ka soo gocanayan u gaystay. Qaraxan oo ka dhacay Huteel ka mid...Continue reading »
Minneapolis — Even Somali-Americans hardened by the bloodshed of their homeland were sickened by the latest attack, a suicide bombing in Mogadishu on Dec. 3. Many say the bombing was one of the saddest moments in recent Somali history. The bomber killed at least 22 people at a graduation ceremony for medical students. Some people have even called the attack “Somalia’s...Continue reading »
The FBI met with the Somali community in Minneapolis Saturday to try to build foundations and put to rest misconceptions. The FBI is investigating the disappearance of about 20 young Somali men who left Minnesota to fight with the terrorist group Al-Shabaab in Somalia. Because of that investigation, Somali leaders said young men and women in their community have developed...Continue reading »
by Raveena Aulakh (Toronto Star) — They hung out at a Somali restaurant in “Little Mogadishu” in the northwest corner of the city, played basketball together, and worshipped at a North York mosque. The five friends, in their early to mid-20s, grew up and attended schools in Toronto. They spoke English and Somali. At least two of them were university...Continue reading »
Dhamaan dadweynaha ku nool Minnesota qasatan nawaaxiga Magaaloyinka Mataanaha ah waxaa la ogaysiinayaa in ay, Ardayda jamacadah dhigata ay qabanqaabinayaan, Mudaharaad looga soo horjeedo qaraxii foosha xumaa ee loogaystay ardaydii qalinjebinaysay ee lala beegsaday bomka ismiidaamska loo fushay wuxuu dhacayaa maalinta. Axada 12/13/09 wuxuuna ka dhacayaa Xarunta Brian...Continue reading »
Prospect Park is known for historic houses, but rarely is it associated with its Glendale neighborhood, a community that has been home to Somalis for the past 13 years. Although Prospect Park’s residents are mostly affluent, middle-class homeowners, Glendale has had Native Americans, blacks, Bosnians, Hmong, Vietnamese and Ethiopians pass through the neighborhood....Continue reading »
Somali boy wrongly convicted of rape, walks free Farah Jama, wrongly convicted of rape, walks free after prosecutors admit there may not have even been a crime Farah Jama was just 20 when he was accused of raping a woman found unconscious in a locked toilet cubicle in 2006. He was acquitted today after prosecutors admitted there might not have even been a crime. A man...Continue reading »
British Government has today sent condolences to Somali journalists for the murder of three journalists who were killed in Mogadishu blast. On behalf of the UK government, British High Commissioner to Kenya and Somalia Rob Macaire said in a letter sent to Secretary General of the National Union of Somali Journalists Omar Faruk Osman “I would like to pass my condolences...Continue reading »
Nairobi — About hundred of Somali people have been jailed by Kenyan police forces in Eastleigh, a neighborhood in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, witnesses said on Monday. Reports from the Somali residents in Eastleigh say that the Kenyan police forces conducted operations in the neighborhood where most of the Somalis have businesses centers there in Kenya adding that...Continue reading »
The man killed in a daylight shooting Sunday in Edmonton has been identified as 23-year-old Robleh Ali Mohamed, Edmonton police said Tuesday. Mohamed died of a gunshot wound to the head. Police have not yet determined a motive for the killing. Police responded to reports of gunshots in the area of 106th Avenue and 105th Street, where they found Mohamed’s body in...Continue reading »
The SEC alleges that Mohamud Ahmed orchestrated a $3 million pyramid scheme targeting San Diego's Somali community. This University Avenue money transfer owned by Ahmed, a Spring Valley resident, was seized by the federal government. Photo: Sam Hodgson By ADRIAN FLORIDO (Voice of San Diego)  The pitch sounded too alluring to pass up. For an initial investment...Continue reading »
Minneapolis Police are investigating possible election law violations by the flamboyant and controversial developer Basim Sabri, according to a search warrant filed Monday in Hennepin County District Court. Council Member Robert Lilligren, who represents the central inner-city 6th Ward, told police he had found campaign literature containing false information about him...Continue reading »
Trio seen fleeing scene of shooting: Somali man killed in parked car near downtown in broad daylight
EDMONTON — A man was found dead behind the wheel of a parked car Sunday after gunshots rang out behind a row of businesses near downtown. Someone who saw the dead man’s body told The Journal he recognized the victim as a member of Edmonton’s Somali community. Just after 1 p.m., citizens reported hearing gunshots and called officers to a commercial building...Continue reading »
