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  • Risks rise at Horn of Africa refugee camps

    Risks rise at Horn of Africa refugee camps January 15, 2012 The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned about increasing insecurity in and around camps hosting hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees in the Horn of Africa. UNHCR says the situation is particularly worrying, complex and tenuous in the Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya where the…





  • Dozens of Somalis close Wells Fargo accounts to protest bank's refusal to work with money-transfer businesses

    Dozens of Somalis close Wells Fargo accounts to protest bank's refusal to work with money-transfer businesses January 15, 2012 Every month, Shukri Hassan took about $300 of the money she earned as a compliance officer for a money-transmitting business and sent it to her mother, Amina, in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. The money is a godsend to someone in a country gripped by famine, with…





  • Police holding 29 Ugandans in probe

    January 15, 2012 Police are still interrogating the 29 Ugandans arrested in a house in Maji Mazuri, Kasarani area. Police Spokesman Eric Kiraithe said the Ugandans, 27 men and two women, were headed for Somalia to join the terror group Al-Shabaab. Mr Kiraithe also said that the security alert remained…





  • Panel hears stories from Somalis who call Willmar, Minn., their home

    Panel hears stories from Somalis who call Willmar, Minn., their home January 14, 2012 WILLMAR — The story of Somali refugees settling in Willmar is part of the ongoing story of a city and a nation that has been built on immigration. Stories told Thursday highlighted the similarities and differences between new immigrants and those who arrived a century ago. During…





  • Ethiopia signs Djibouti railway deal with China

    January 14, 2012 ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia signed an agreement with a Chinese state-run firm to build the final section of a railway line that will link its capital Addis Ababa to the tiny Red Sea state of Djibouti, an official said. The deal signed late on Friday with…





  • Kenya army apologises for 'misleading' stoning tweet

    January 13, 2012 NAIROBI — A Kenyan military spokesman apologised Thursday for a "misleading tweet" he posted the previous day linking to pictures of a man being stoned to death by Somali Islamists. Kenya in mid-October rolled tanks into Somalia, in order, it said, to fight the Shebab Islamists it…





  • Minneapolis City Council backs Somali community on solving money-transfer stoppage

    Minneapolis City Council backs Somali community on solving money-transfer stoppage January 13, 2012 In the fine tradition of Minneapolis City Councils past and present, the current members have passed a public policy resolution that has nothing to do with their jurisdiction. But it has everything to do with a group of Minneapolis residents who find themselves unable to send money…





  • Americans rise in rank inside Somalia jihadi group

    January 13, 2012 The October al-Qaida video shows a light-skinned man handing out food to families displaced by famine in Somalia. But the masked man is not Somali, or even African — he's a Wisconsin native who grew up in San Diego. A handful of young Muslims from the U.S.…





  • MANKATO, MN: Somali High School Student wins Pathfinder Awards

    MANKATO —  An advocate for the disabled, a progressive company and a high school student from Somalia are this year’s recipients of the annual Pathfinder Awards. Wilbur Neuschwander-Frink will receive the Pathfinder Award, Zeynab Omar will receive the Young Pathfinder Award and Lloyd Management will receive the Business Pathfinder Award. The awards, given annually to people who embody the spirit and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were announced at a news conference Thursday…





  • Macdonald apologizes for election-night comments

    December 17, 2011 LEWISTON — Mayor-elect Bob Macdonald apologized to the city Thursday for his election-night comments — but his apology wasn't enough for some members of the city's immigrant community. Abdifatah Ahmed, a local landlord and pharmacist, said Macdonald ought to apologize for his tone throughout the mayoral campaign, not just his election-night comments. During his campaign, Macdonald said he wanted to make the city less attractive to layabouts and deadbeats, many of whom…





  • Flow of money from US to Somalia faces disruption

    December 9, 2011 MINNEAPOLIS — A critical pipeline that Somalis in America use to send money to relatives in Africa faces disruption after a bank in Minnesota announced it would no longer handle the wire transfers. Sunrise Community Banks said it would close its accounts with the Somali money transfer businesses after realizing it was at risk, and could not prevent funds from winding up in terrorists' hands. Without Sunrise, many money transfer businesses known…





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