A proposal in the Minnesota Legislature has some Somali families outraged. The bill would eliminate the Autism Spectrum Disorder Task Force, which has been working since 2011 to develop a plan to ...

The foundations of Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin, or al-Shabaab (“The Youth”), originated in the late 1980s when Somalis who had joined the Afghan mujahideen in the war against Russia returned ...

In 2010, Hussein Samatar became the first Somali-American to hold public office in Minnesota. In 2011, Mohamud Noor fell 300 votes short of becoming the first Somali-born state senator in the nation.

The Somali National Army (SNA), supported by international partners, has successfully eliminated more than 50 Al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia, according to a statement by the Somali ...

For many Somalis, the sport of football is a passion, whether it be following teams in a local tournament or in one of the world’s major leagues. But for one group of Somalis, it is the sport of ...

Somalia’s coastal town of Hobyo will see the start of construction of a new port in December, with the facility ready for use in three years. Metag Holding, a Turkish company based in Ankara ...

People gather at the scene of an explosion of a bomb-rigged car near the National Theatre in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia on September 28, 2024 [Feisal Omar/Reuters] In August ...

Mogadishu, Somalia — Former Somali leaders Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, Hassan Ali Khaire, and Abdirahman Abdishakur have publicly criticized the recent breakdown of reconciliation talks between federal ...

What's not in dispute is a public crisis around autism, acute among children of color, and alarming among Somali Americans in particular. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Minnesota, home to the ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somalia says Egypt has offered to deploy peacekeeping troops to the Horn of Africa nation in a security partnership that is emerging as the mandate of a long-time group of ...

When she was sworn in on Thursday night, she became the first Somali-American woman to join the force. "I'm just very excited to be here and represent my people and my community," she said.