Somali Minnesotans generate at least $500 million in income annually and pay about $67 million in state and local taxes.

Deqa Dhalac poses near her home Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in South Portland, Maine. On Monday Dhalac, who fled Mogadishu 31 years ago, became the first Somali-American mayor in the United States. (AP ...

You are invited you to a webinar – “What Can Humanitarians Learn from the Response to Somalia’s Worst Drought in Four Decades?” – on Tuesday, 29 April, 9:00-10:00am EST (15:00 CEST/16:00 EAT). Please ...

Diana E. Murphy federal courthouse is shown in Minneapolis Friday, May 17, 2024. Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer. A nonprofit created 25 years ago to help Somali refugees and immigrants get on ...

SOUTH PORTLAND — Somalia was on the verge of civil war when Deqa Dhalac fled the capital city of Mogadishu 31 years ago and began her journey to become the first Somali-American mayor in the United ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Deqa Dhalac is the first Somali immigrant to become the mayor of a U.S. city, but she describes her rise in local politics as very old fashioned. Dhalac, 53, became mayor of South ...

MOGADISHU, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Somalia said on Friday it had lost confidence in Kenyan troops serving in an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force, in the latest sign of worsening relations between the ...

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NAIROBI/GAROWE, Oct 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women's rights groups, prominent businesswomen and female politicians in Somalia are urging the country's male-dominated parliament to pass a bill ...

Minnesota is drowning in fraud. Billions in taxpayer dollars have been stolen during the administration of Gov. Tim Walz alone. Democratic state officials, overseeing one of the most generous welfare ...

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo has suspended the powers of the prime minister amid an ongoing tussle for power, triggering calls for calm from the US and UK, and raising concerns ...