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A look at the day-to-day lives of people in Minnesota’s Somali community, the largest in the United States. Somalis finding their place in Minnesota.
There are between about 42,400 and 55,200 people of Somali heritage living in Minnesota. They live in between about 13,000 and 16,500 households.
Minnesota is home to the largest Somali-American population in the U.S. Nearly one in three Somali-Americans -- roughly 25,000 people -- live in Minnesota, according to the latest figures from the ...
While Spanish is still the most spoken language besides English, Columbus has seen an uptick in Nepali, Arabic, French and ...
Community members held meetings across the metro in response to a wave of violence that has left the Somali community shaken ...
When artist Salad Hilowle and curator Sagal Farah came to Minneapolis last year in advance of Hilowle’s American Swedish ...
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.
Sahan Journal is hosting an Instagram Live event to unpack Trump’s travel ban and how it impacts Minnesota’s immigrant ...
Members of Minnesota's Somali community have been in the news amid long-running federal investigations into recruiting and financing of people from the U.S. to train or fight for al-Shabab in Somalia.
The Somali gangs in Minneapolis and St. Paul coerced four girls, including one as young as 12 years old, into engaging in sex acts with multiple people in three states, according to the indictment.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was recently named as a VP candidate for Kamala Harris, asked for more refugee settlement in Minnesota even as Somali gangs became more prevalent.
ST.PAUL — Somali community leaders endorsed Trump for the presidency on Saturday, Nov. 2 during an impromptu non-party-affiliated press briefing at the State Capitol.