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A teenager has helped make history by creating an exhibition about the Somali community in north London. Nikolett Peteri, who lives in Edgware, spent six weeks at a workshop to prepare her for the mammoth task of interviewing Somali’s living in the borough of Brent. The 17-year-old was joined by seven others who took part…
When St. David’s Center for Child and Family Development decided to establish a new autism day treatment (ADT) preschool program in Northeast Minneapolis, mental health paraprofessionals went door-to-door to talk to parents and recruit potential students. “We went out into the community,” recalled paraprofessional Amina Hassan of this unusual approach. “We just knocked on doors…
There’s a common argument around Muslim extremism that calls for moderate Muslims to denounce and condemn radical adherents of Islam. Many folks push back on that idea by pointing out that Islam isn’t a monolith, that there are well north of a billion Muslims in the world, and that it’s wrong to conflate the small…
Mogadishu Oct 03, 2014(SDN/QJ) –– His Excellency Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed sends his heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the people of Somalia and all Muslims around world on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. In his name and on behalf of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Abdiweli hopes for security, prosperity and further progress…
Washington – H.E. Mustafa Duhulow, Minister of Information visits Washington DC to enhance the bi-lateral relations between Somalia and US. Minister Duhulow arrived in Washington DC on 28 September 2014 and had meetings with US Government officials which will continue till Friday 3rd October 2014. The Minister will be visiting Minnesota and Columbus Ohio to…
Mogadishu-The United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Youth, Mr. Ahmed Alhendawi visited Mogadishu to discuss the role of youth in State Building and Peace Building initiatives and ways the UN can support government initiatives on youth. This two day visit consisted of series of meetings with the Speaker of the Parliament, Prime Minister, Minister…
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct 1 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge sentenced a Somali-American man on Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison for trying to blow up a Christmas tree lighting celebration in Oregon four years ago with a fake bomb supplied by undercover government agents. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a naturalized U.S. citizen and former Oregon…
A missing teenage girl from Bristol may be attempting to get to Syria, police have said. Detectives have been tracing the 15-year-old’s movements from the moment she left her Easton home to her arrival in Istanbul, Turkey. Assistant Chief Constable Louisa Rolfe said there were indications the girl “may have been radicalised”. “Our priority is…
A Somali American is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for attempting to detonate a weapon of mass destruction four years ago in Portland’s downtown square. Mohamed Mohamud, 23, could get life in prison, but government prosecutors recommend a sentence of 40 years behind bars. Mohamud’s attorneys want a term of no more than 10 years….
MINNEAPOLIS — Terrorist recruiters in Iraq and Syria are targeting young Muslim men and women in Minnesota. It’s a situation that echoes earlier attempts to radicalize Minnesota youths, but the methods now are more sophisticated. Eight years ago, the militant group al-Shabab lured some in the Twin Cities with talk of rebuilding Somalia. Its recruiting,…
Mogadishu, 27 September 2014 – The Minister of Information, Mustafa Duhulow, today addressed the media, providing an update on the progress of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) over the last week. The Minister discussed various issues: the opening of the 5th session of the Parliament; Media Sector Development in Somalia; the progress on the…
When Somali families come to Eden Prairie Schools, they can expect to be greeted by the welcoming face of Osman Farah. As the diversity of students in Eden Prairie continues to increase, the school district is providing outreach for immigrant families, both Somali and Latino. Farah joined the district this fall as a Somali communications…
WASHINGTON—It was shortly after 5:30 p.m. September 1, when Ahmed Abdi Godane and his bodyguards stopped their car along a road near Sablale, in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region. Sources disagree on why. Some say the al-Shabab militant leader and his comrades heard the sound of drones overhead. Some say they had stopped earlier, and were…
Cheers and laughter filled Safari Restaurant and Event Center in Minneapolis Wednesday night as members of the Somali-American Police Association (SAPA) presented the organization’s mission and service to the community — with lots of jokes. “One day, a Somali woman was caught speeding,” said Mukhtar Abdulkadir, a Minneapolis police officer. “A police pulled her over….
“Somali? Is that like—uh, what is that like?” My friend’s words somersaulted through my head as I surveyed the menu at Faridas East Africa Cuisine on a recent Sunday night. Slightly abashed, I’d patched together a threadbare reply to his question—something involving curry and sambusas. Glimpsing the menu while one of Farida’s kids offered his…
Mogadishu, 26 September 2014 – H.E. Mustafa Duhulow, Minister of Information today announced the launch of a Public Awareness Campaign to combat corruption in Somalia. The Minister opened by stating: “Corruption takes many forms – taking bribes, skimming funds, giving jobs to friends and family, perverting the course of justice to name are just four….
Mogadishu, 26 September 2014 – Today, the Honourable Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs for the Federal Government of Somalia adopted the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which provides children protection under the law. His Excellency the Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed said: “It was…
Mogadishu, 26 September, 2014-The National Union of Somali Journalists convened over 40 journalists on Safety and Conflict Reporting workshop between 23 – 25 September 2014 in Mogadishu’s Siyaad City Hotel in Mogadishu. The training attracted journalists from Mogadishu’s Benadir region, Middle Shabelle, Lower Shabelle, Bay and Lower Jubba and was supported by the United States…
HAMILTON, Ont. — Federal officials are trying to confirm whether a 20-year-old man from Hamilton, Ont., was killed last week during clashes between Kurdish forces and Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham fighters in northern Syria. After disappearing two months ago, Mohamud Mohamed Mohamud reportedly phoned home to tell his mother he was with the…
Members of the Somali community from Waite Park, near St. Cloud, are identifying the man that was found dead in his burning car near Owatonna on Sunday, as 39-year-old Ahmed Farah. The Steele County Sheriff’s Office is saying that information from witnesses at the scene, and evidence obtained from the vehicle and at autopsy, has…