Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an ...

When artist Salad Hilowle and curator Sagal Farah came to Minneapolis last year in advance of Hilowle’s American Swedish Institute exhibition, they went everywhere Somali. “We went to Somali ...

In a region often associated with conflicts and fragile governance, Somaliland has written a different narrative—of reconciliation and democratic resilience.

Somali Week events include a street festival in Minneapolis, a multiday soccer tournament, a concert at the Ordway, and festivals in Plymouth, Rochester, Owatonna and St. Cloud.

Hawa Hassan, who escaped civil war in Mogadishu, shares stories of displacement in eight other regions of the world.

Kenya Defence Forces’ combat helicopters during Operation Linda Nchi. The scaling down of the African Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) forces was set to enter the second phase in September, but ...

American forces have increased the number of airstrikes on ISIS and al-Shabab fighters this year, in support of Somali ...

The U.S. launched 16 jets from the USS Harry S. Truman to drop 125,000 pounds of bombs on a cave complex in Somalia, killing 14.

WASHINGTON — The USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group launched the “largest airstrike in the history of the world” from an aircraft carrier during recent operations near Somalia, the ...

Minnesota educator and author Marian Hassan received a grant from the Minnesota Humanities Center to support her new children's book project that preserves the Somali language and traditional ...

"If the Somali language is lost, the culture and all of the depth of this rich oral history will go away," she said. "The project is titled Sing-Again, so in my vision, it's a chance to enjoy and ...

The relationship between Egypt and Somalia stretches back centuries, with ties dating back to ancient times when Queen Hatshepsut sent her famous exp ...