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Somalia’s federal government has summoned clan elders from two rival groups after deadly clashes near Wanlaweyn in Lower Shabelle. Interior Minister Ali Yusuf Ali (Xoosh) met traditional and political ...

Baydhabo, Somalia — Clashes continue in Lower Shabelle region against armed groups accused of setting up roadblocks, with several suspects handed death sentences and arrest warrants by the Somali ...

BELEDWEYNE, Somalia – Al-Shabaab militants launched a heavy assault on the Qaahira Hotel in the Howlwadaag neighborhood of Beledweyne on Sunday, resulting in both fatalities and injuries. The attack ...

October 28, 2012 (San Diego)--During the Somali Civil War, the number of refugees admitted to the United States soared starting in 1991. San Diego is now home to the second largest East African ...

In the wedding crowd of 200 women, a drum throbs, then a chant rises. One by one, the singer calls the clans of Somalia: the Murusade, the Shiiqaal, the Habar Gidir and the Abgaal. She names their ...

"My family is a group of photo takers," Yasmin Yassin says. "We documented a lot: I remember taking film rolls to Walmart as a kid and waiting to pick up the warm envelope of freshly developed images.

The short film "Dhaanto" directed by Yasmin Yassin features a Somali dance troupe that is sharing traditional moves with young Somali Americans in Minneapolis. [MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY WURZER: A local ...

Photographer's film 'Dhaanto' about Somali dance troupe is 'a love letter to my community' Yasmin Yassin only started filming the short documentary after spending months with the group, based out of ...

Artist and curator Za'Nia Coleman (right) with mentor Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski at the opening of “Saturday Mornings and the Faces We Remember” at the Public Functionary gallery in northeast Minneapolis.

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