Somalis

Rumbila Abdullahi and her husband, Ibrahim Abdi, hold their newborn son, Nabeel, outside their home in Springfield, Massachusetts.

This refugee’s academic success in the US comes with plenty of complications — and joy

September 2, 2021On Course

Rumbila Abdullahi was born in a refugee camp in Kenya. Today, she’s on her way to becoming a doctor. In many ways, she was an outlier, and her school journey came with immense pressure to succeed.

A Somali woman wearing a purple headscarf answers the phone in an office with American flags and East Africa map on the wall.

US-based Somali Bantu face deportation to a country they’ve never known

September 8, 2020Migration

Journalist who ‘shined light’ on Somalia dies in terrorist attack

July 15, 2019Obituary

A woman in a hijab speaks into a microphone as dawn breaks in the clouds. An American flag waves in the distance.

Immigrants have a long history of taking their issues to the people — as political candidates

October 31, 2018Politics

A Somali government soldier evacuates an injured man from the scene of an explosion.

Somalis face ‘slave ship conditions’ on failed deportation flight

December 15, 2017Conflict

Northern Lines Railway in Saint Cloud, Minnesota.

Like Europe, a Minnesota city struggles with refugees

January 27, 2016Global Politics

St. Cloud, Minnesota, is home to a large diaspora of Somali refugees. But long time residents aren’t happy about it.

Mohammed Ahamed waits at a money-transfer business in Minneapolis to send money to his ex-wife in Somalia. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country.

Somali Americans fight to save their lifeline of cash for relatives back home

March 9, 2015Economics

It’s getting more complicated to send money to Somalia, and that’s a big deal in places like Minnesota where some Somali Americans have been wiring cash home for decades. Somali immigrants say the move is cutting off a vital lifeline — and may actually harm the fight against terror.