A new public artwork at Samatar Crossing in Cedar-Riverside is dedicated to the first Somali-American elected to public office in Minnesota, Hussein Samatar. The artwork, called Common Currents, ...

Hussein Samatar knows the importance of a good education. He completed his college degree just four days before the Somali Civil War broke out in 1991 and believes his is one of the few generations to ...

Sixteen years ago Hussein Samatar was a refugee from Somalia trying to learn English; now as the executive director of the African Development Center in Cedar-Riverside, he helps immigrants who are in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Abdullahi Ali has lived a life many refugees only dream about. He grew up in ...

Hussein Samatar said he owes a lot to the Minneapolis Public Library system. Now he has a chance to give back. Since the mid-1990s, he and his family have clocked countless hours in Franklin Community ...

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Political upheaval in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, is impacting the lives of the thousands of Somalis who call Minnesota home. On June 5, militias, through the Islamic Courts Union, took control ...

When the Swedish delegation saw how many women in Minneapolis’ Karmel Mall were selling East African clothing from their tiny stalls, many were skeptical. “With so many selling similar things, how do ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Amid the chatter of mid-day grocery runs and pharmacy orders being filled at Afrik Grocery in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, Fardousa Yossuf stuck out her hand and introduced ...

The devastating famine in Somalia is not a natural phenomenon but a man-made one. Political and military intervention over the last decade made the Somali people extremely vulnerable. The drought ...