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Three Somali-Americans are running for public office in St. Cloud, Minnesota, aiming to change the conversation in a city known for past racial tensions.
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Initially designated as a school project, Abla Elmi’s Mogadishu Diaries developed into a much sought after video series
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“Our standard of living here is so bad that kids would rather join these terrorist organizations and go to their death,” says a Somali youth leader.
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In Mogadishu, the fear of increased attacks by Al-shabab and the deep mistrust of the security forces is still seen as an improvement from the more violent past.
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The UAE golden girl, Aliah Saeed Mohammad, coached by Abdi Bile, has set a lofty target for a medal at World Championships in Beijing.
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The brother of Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah could be deported from Britain after being released early from prison.
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“Poetry is so ingrained in the Somali culture I can’t not write poetry,” says Hamda Yusuf
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Somali district of Ceelwaaq inside Kenya’s border has 6.65 billion barrels of oil which, if drilled, would make it the largest onshore ever drilled in Africa.
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A Somali girl is barred from A-level lessons at top girls’ school after turning up for new term wearing full-face veil
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She abandoned her Cambridge PhD and entered a polygamous marriage, becoming the second wife of Hasan Phillips, 32 — who is also married to a Somali woman
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Asli and Yasin Ciyow, born to a Somali father and a French mother, are bringing together 32 aspiring young British-Somali entrepreneurs to share ideas at a convention in London.
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“I am becoming Mexican, no more Somalia,” say Ms Hassan who fled Mogadishu to Ethiopia, went to Brazil and then trekked through South and Central America, before landing in an El Paso, Texas.
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