Somalis work to find programs to keep children busy, productive When some people watch the Fort Morgan High School soccer team, they see the potential of cooperation among different parts of society coming to life. “We’ve got some great kids out there,†said coach Jeff Walters. Soccer is the main game for kids from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala , Nicaragua...Continue reading »
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A GOODWILL mission has turned into a nightmare for a Melbourne man who has been imprisoned and tortured in Ethiopia, according to his family. Sadiq Ahmed, 46, a food inspector from Heidelberg who is an Australian citizen, has been detained since May, his brother Abdalla said yesterday. The father of four has been in Ethiopia for the past two years, helping to build a...Continue reading »
At a time when access to health care in the United States has never been more hotly debated, Somalis living in Central Minnesota will continue to have one of their own to help them with it. Create CommUNITY has awarded $20,000 to continue the Community Health Worker project in St. Cloud, which will allow Fartun Hussein, a Somali-American, to continue to serve as the...Continue reading »
A Somali religious scholar claims young Somali-Australians who have gone to Somalia to fight with terrorist group Al-Shabaab have returned and are living in Australia. When the Federal Government added the Somali Islamist group to its list of banned terrorist organisations last month it cited a string of bombings in east Africa and alleged links to Al Qaeda. Audio clip:...Continue reading »
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A fighter from Minneapolis was buried in Somalia, and next to him was another man, apparently a Twin Cities convert to Islam. The call from Somalia carried devastating news, and a twist. Friends of Mohamoud Hassan got the call nine days ago that he had become the latest Somali-American from Minneapolis to die in his homeland. Buried the same day, they were told, was...Continue reading »
When Nimo Farah came to Minnesota at age 9, she didn’t know to step on the foot bar to get water from the lavatory sink at her school, or to store textbooks in a locker rather than carrying them all home every day. Now 24, she’s so skilled at navigating life here that she guides other immigrants through the confusing maze of real estate finance. Farah is one...Continue reading »
LARGE gangs of Bengali and Somali youths have been clashing in running street battles in London’s East End, eye witnesses have reported. Police confirmed they had to step up street patrols around Hannibal Road, off Stepney Green, after reports of disturbances involving up to 200 youths. Large groups of rivals had been meeting regularly to fight and had been seen...Continue reading »
Tension is growing within the Minneapolis Somali community as it awaits the next indictments in the federal probe of the disappearances of young men who became fighters in their homeland’s ongoing warfare. So far, three Somali men have pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges. Now several others — who either know the men or were considering returning to...Continue reading »
Mohamoud Hassan, from Minneapolis, was killed in Somalia while fighting with extremist group, Al-Shabaab. MINNEAPOLIS – The Somali Advocacy Center released the names and status of the missing Somali men from Minnesota. The list was released after a fifth Somali-American man from Minneapolis has been killed in Somalia, according to his family members. Mohamoud Hassan...Continue reading »
From left, soccer coach Mahamed Osman, soccer player Mahamed Osman and Winnipeg Somali Confederation Union president Abdi Muuse say gender-specific recreational facilities would cut down on gang crime by keeping young people active. THE president of a Winnipeg Somali organization is trying to get refugee boys and girls off the street and into the pool — but separately,...Continue reading »
Educational initiatives are helping local Somali youth stay focused on school and keeping them away from a life of crime and violence, according to a new organization that supports Somali families. “We are seeing improvements. The Somali community is working hard to mobilize youth, holding different meetings and gatherings, and keeping youth away from gangs,â€...Continue reading »
Gobolka Minnesota o ah gobolka Soomaalidu ugu badan tahay waqoyi America ahaa waxaa ka dhinac sodan bulasha badan ee digan gacansiyo faro badan oo dhinac ka kabaya bushadaa baaxada weyn ee degan gobolka waxaan wiig walba isku daynaa in aan ka soo warano qaarna ka soo qadano dhaqalaha iyo nolosha bulasha Soomaalida ee ku dhaqan Waqoyi America maanta waxaan soo qadanaynaa...Continue reading »
A group of terrorists operating from Somalia had planned three bomb attacks in Nairobi during the visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last month, the Sunday Nation can reveal. A senior counter-terrorism official has recounted how the terrorists planned to stage simultaneous attacks at the Hotel InterContinental, the Kencom Bus Stage and the adjacent Hilton...Continue reading »
Somali woman who committed immigration fraud in an attempt to bring her family to New Zealand is beginning a term of home detention after admitting 12 charges of fraud. Farhiyo Igal, 29, was sentenced in Wellington District Court on Friday. Igal arrived in New Zealand in 1993 to join her uncle and his family, as her family were believed to have perished in Somalia’s...Continue reading »
PORTLAND – Portland police still haven’t released the name of the victim in Monday night’s shooting in the city’s Bayside neighborhood, but they have revealed that he is of Somali descent and was shot in the back after leaving a mosque on Anderson Street. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington D.C. is calling on state and...Continue reading »
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ― Somali-speaking visitors to the Minnesota State Capitol can now pick up a brochure in their language to guide them around the building. The Minnesota Historical Society has added Somali to a list of about two dozen translations for the brochures, which cover the building’s history and uses as the seat of state government. Brochures are...Continue reading »
From left, Abdikadir Omar, Faisal Farah, Abdi Keynaan and Tooxoow Hirabe play dominoes as they and other cabdrivers await customers on a recent Sunday outside Omaha's Eppley Airfield. On slow days, the wait can be three or four hours for the next fare, Keynaan said. The first cabdriver in line sleeps on the sidewalk behind the tall wood fence as airport-bound cars...Continue reading »
A plan to create what could become the first recreation center in the country designed to comply with Muslim religious beliefs is gaining steam in the Twin Cities. The proposal for a $48 million Muslim Youth and Recreation Center comes from Somali Youth Action of Minnesota, a new nonprofit organization working to reduce youth violence. Early sketches of the project reveal...Continue reading »
