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 ...

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 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 ...

Over the last 10 years, these cases have accounted for around 70 percent of all suspected hate crimes. Last year, Somali nationals living in Finland were the minority group most frequently targeted by ...

Somalia is progressing its policy reform agenda while leveraging the momentum created by the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Despite multiple climatic shocks and a complicated ...

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 ...

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 ...

Somalia continues to struggle with a range of security, political, and economic issues. Despite multiple international interventions, the country faces ongoing threats from Al-Shabaab, which ...

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 ...

Islamic State in Somalia has approximately doubled in size over the past year, the chief of U.S. Africa Command told VOA. “I am concerned about the northern part of Somalia and ISIS growing in ...

In a crucial week for Somalia's security plan, discussions in Washington and New York have underscored the urgent need for preparation for the upcoming African Union Support Mission in Somalia ...

Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference. Somalia says Egypt has offered to deploy peacekeeping troops to the Horn of Africa nation in a security ...