Somalia’s location on the Horn of Africa made it a strategic ground for empires throughout history. In the 19th century, ...

WILLMAR - The Willmar Somali Culture committee will showcase a Somali history and culture exhibit that opens today at the Willmar Public Library and Saturday at the Kandiyohi County Historical Society ...

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Imagine a place where your family name is more important than your ideas. This is Somalia, where clan loyalty is more powerful than any law. The current voting system is like a dance everyone knows.

I­f Ifrah Mansour were forced to become a refugee again, she'd bring two items. Item one: a tattered sweater from her mother, now living in Kenya, with whom she fled Somalia in the early 1990s. Item ...

MOGADISHU, SomaliaMOGADISHU, Somalia — Ahmed Sabrie woke up to find his house half-submerged in fast-rising flood waters. Frightened and confused, he herded sleepy family members onto the roof of ...

A quick glance at a Rochester Senior Center bulletin board gives an idea of the typical activities — and culture — found there: An ice cream social, a hoedown, and afternoon tea. But a different kind ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Five hundred years ago, an Imam who ruled much of what is now Somalia, led a daring invasion of Christian Ethiopia, looting monasteries, burning down churches and slaying all who ...