MINNEAPOLIS — Of the 48 people now charged in the Feeding Our Future meal fraud scheme, only seven are behind bars at the Sherburne County Jail. Among them include Abdiaziz Farah and Mohamed Ismail, who were previously charged with passport fraud for trying to leave the country. Those in custody also include Mekfira Hussein, who had booked […]
A former aide to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and a former board chair of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) were among the dozens indicted Tuesday in connection with a sweeping scheme to defraud the government of millions meant to feed children. In court documents, federal prosecutors allege that Abdi Nur Salah, who previously worked […]
WALES — Harvest time at most farms is fast-paced and largely mechanized. Not at the Somali Bantu Community Association’s Liberation Farms, where virtually everything is done by hand, from planting to picking, washing to packing up. It’s not the din of a roaring combine in the fields off Gardiner Road, but the occasional small talk […]
BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Back in 2017, KARE 11’s Boyd Huppert featured Gideon Pond Elementary School in his Land of 10,000 Stories, as then-principal Chris Bellmont worried about finding teachers who looked like the students they serve at school. Now, five years later, that elementary school in Burnsville has a new principal. And while the title […]
Mogadishu September 15, 2022 (SD) – Somalia National Army, Danab Military Special Unit carried out operations targeting Al-Shabaab base in Buq-Aqable, last night in Hiiraan region Gen. Odawaa Yusuf Raage, the commander of the army, who spoke to Somali National News Agency said, that during the operation, 18 of Al-Shabaab fighters were killed, destroying their base […]
Monday, September, 12, 2022 (QJ) – Somalia Federal government issued a statement yesterday detailing Somalia National Army and The Local Community joint forces, liberated more than 20 Districts in Galmudug, Hirshabelle and South-West. The press statement stated that more than 100 Al-Shabaab fighters were killed in the operations that were undertaken in three Federal States. The […]
Hargeisa September 11, 2022 (QJ) – Prominent Somaliland Poet laureate Weedhsame raised questions about the need and benefits of building a presidential palace in Gabiley, which he said could use better schools. Poet Weedhsame said that 80 students sit in each class in Tima-Cade Gabiley high school and that instead of building a Presidential palace it would […]
Borama September 09,2022 (QJ) Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi, today paid a short inspection visit to central station and the Police Headquarters in Borama district, and was fully briefed during the visit by the Police force commanders, regional and district leaders. The president observed the general condition of the station and the guards of the […]
Mogadishu Monday, September, 4, 2022 (SD) – In a press conference, MP Abdirahman Abdishakur stated-that The Federal Government of Somalia Should come up with a national organised clear Strategic plan to combat Al-Shabaab, And that the population is desperately struggling with severe vast drought can’t support to be massacred at the same time by Al-Shabaab group. […]
After been sworn as President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud distinctly stated that his government primary urgent focus is to deracinate Al-Shabaab group and their ideologies from Somalia. After the 30 hours long of Hayat Hotel siege by Al-Shabaab Militants and the recent attack on the night of September, 3rd, , 2022 in which Al-Shabaab killed 20 innocent civilians […]