Tag: Somalis in Minnesota
Community pushes back on U.S. government anti-radicalization program
Months after U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger launched a $1 million dollar program to counter the recruitment and radicalization of young Muslims in Minnesota, tension...
Ilhan Omar launches campaign for Minnesota House seat
MINNEAPOLIS - Politics is a game that for the most part, many of us choose to partake in only as often as we are...
Kenya’s Majority Leader, Aden Duale, defends Islam at Minnesota meeting
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Mshale) - Kenya's Majority leader in parliament, Aden Duale, gave a strong defense of Islam, describing it as a "religion of peace,"...
Refugee elders escape Somali strife – now struggle to survive U.S....
FORT WAYNE, Ind.- Since arriving in the United States in 2004, Sugow Said, a Somali refugee, has desired to become a U.S. citizen.
But the...
Obama nominates first U.S. Ambassador to Somalia in 24 years
President Barack Obama has nominated the first U.S. ambassador to Somalia in 24 years. She is Katherine Simonds Dhanani, a Foreign Service veteran who...
Councilman Warsame to launch exclusive column in Mshale
The first Somali-American to win a municipal election in the United States, Councilman Abdi Warsame of Minneapolis, will debut a new column called “Councilman's...
From Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s Bill Blazar: African immigrant entrepreneurs key...
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Somali Chamber of Commerce held its first annual celebration dinner Saturday at the Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis.
Bill Blazar, interim president...
Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visit met with protests in Minnesota
It was completely dark by the time Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived at Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minnesota campus on Aug....
Somalis in Minnesota condemn Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi
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More Somali-Americans return home for job opportunities and nation building
When the civil war erupted in Somalia more than two decades ago, Abdi Daud left everything he had known and loved about the country...
Minnesota Somalis celebrate new president
Thousands of Somalis congregated at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Saturday to celebrate the newly elected president for Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Despite similar...