Somali Diaspora

NO MORE NORMAL I was born in Mogadishu in 1968 and my father is an optologist, who trained in Italy. Back then Somalia was a military dictatorship under Mohamed Siad Barre. We had free health...

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Drunk driving and drug charges are pending against a woman after an early morning traffic stop. Rochester police say Fatima Mohamed Said, 49, was pulled over for...

First lady Emine Erdoğan met with representatives of the Global Somali Diaspora Organization and members of the U.K. Parliament Wednesday following a NATO summit in London, the Turkish presidency said in a statement.

A Somali man wrongfully convicted in the Mogadishu murder of RAI reporter Ilaria Alpi and her cameraman Milan Hrovatin on Friday got three million euros in compensation for his almost 17 years in jail. Hashi Omar Hassan received 3.181...

This young Somali woman is carrying her father’s legacy forward! And rightly so. Meet Ilwad Elman. She is a Somali-Canadian social activist who works at the Elman Peace and Human Rights Center in Mogadishu alongside her mother Fartuun Adan, the NGO’s founder. Elman took to Instagram to share the...

Amina Hersi has inspired many young women in Uganda to work because she has made it clear that working hard puts you up there and helps you to achieve great things. Amina is one of the most influential women in...

Yusuf is just like any other 14-year-old American kid, except that he also wants to run for president. And he's figured out exactly how he'll do just that.

Britain's Mo Farah beat Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru in a sprint finish to win the inaugural 'Big Half' race in London - with Callum Hawkins third. The four-time Olympic champion on the track was racing the 13.1 miles half marathon as...

Imaan Hammam and Iman Abdulmajid, representing icons from two different generations, joined forces for the cover of the magazine's first birthday issue. Happy birthday to us! It’s been a year since the launch of the print edition of Vogue Arabia – and...

ST. PETER — A documentary about young Mankato area Somali-Americans aims to redress stereotypes. Gustavus Adolphus College professor Martin Lang and student Noah O’Ryan produced a short film about the ambitions and hurdles of nine area college students who were...