Tag Archives: Minnesota
About 4,000 jubilant, flag-waving Minnesota Somalis greeted their homeland’s new president Friday at the Minneapolis Convention Center, hailing his vows to bring peace, stability and opportunity to the nation after a generation of chaos. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud asked for patience … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, french somaliland, Hillary Rodham Clinton, IndepthAfrica, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mohamud, Somali, somali news, Somali people, somali president, Somalia
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Chances are you don’t remember Fuad Ibrahim at all. And if you do remember him, it’s because he’s the answer to the trivia question “Other than Freddy Adu, who’s the youngest player ever drafted in MLS?” Like Adu, Ibrahim’s career … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Abdus Ibrahim, Africa Nations Cup, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Freddy Adu, Fuad Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Indepth Africa Magazine, Minnesota
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By Abebe Gellaw Washington DC (ESAT)–The Oromo Liberation Front has announced its historic decision to drop its long-held secessionist agenda and to embrace the unity of Ethiopia under a genuine federal arrangement that must guarantee the rights, equality and liberty … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, Minnesota, Olf, oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Oromo people, Washington DC
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A group of businesses providing money transfers between Minnesota and Somalia suspended services on Thursday, saying it was forced into the move after a U.S. bank shut down what the group called a vital lifeline to the war-torn African country. … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Keith Ellison, Minnesota, Somali, Somali American, Somali people, Somalia, United States
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November 1, 2011 by benim
Minneapolis – The FBI is working to obtain the remains of a suicide bomber in Somalia, to try to determine whether he was one of at least 21 young Somali-American men believed to have left this US city in recent … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Ali, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mogadishu, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Shirwa Ahmed, Somalia, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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October 27, 2011 by benim
Minneapolis – A new Census Bureau estimate raises the number of people of Somali ancestry in Minnesota to more than 32 000. That means the state is still home to the largest Somali population in the United States. The new … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Somali, Somali language, Somali people, Somalia, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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A U.S. woman accused of funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia was handcuffed and removed from a courtroom Monday when she refused to stand for the judge hearing the case. Amina Farah Ali, 35, was taken away as … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Ali, Ali Said, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, List of One Tree Hill characters, Minnesota, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Providing material support for terrorism, Somalia, Southern Africa, West Africa
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The U.S. Justice Department says another man has been charged in the state of Minnesota with providing assistance to Somalia’s al-Shabab militants. Ahmed Mahamud was arrested Thursday in Ohio and is expected to be sent to Minnesota to face the … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, African Union, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Minnesota, Mogadishu, North Africa, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, United Nations, United States Department of Justice, West Africa
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Faribault – Freedom of speech is no defence for a former nurse who engaged in “lethal advocacy” when he encouraged a British man and a Canadian woman to kill themselves after searching for depressed people over the internet, a Minnesota … read more »
February 11, 2011 by benim
A Minnesota-based adoption agency had its license to work in Ethiopia revoked by the government there, according to a letter posted this week on the U.S. State Department’s website here. The letter, dated December 8, 2010, says the agency Better … read more »
Posted in Children & Youth, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Adoption, Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Child Trafficking, Embassies and Consulates, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Children, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Minnesota, United States, United States Department of State
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December 14, 2010 by benim
Nearly one in three people with Somali ancestry in the United States now live in the Minnesota, which has the largest concentration in the country, according to government data released Tuesday. The latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged African news, IndepthAfrica, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnesota, Somali American, Somali newsa, Somali newspapers, Somali people, Somalia, United States, Washington D.C
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November 10, 2010 by benim
Nashville apartments and hotels served as hubs for the forced prostitution of underage girls by Somali gangs operating here and in Minnesota, a federal indictment says. Federal prosecutors on Monday indicted 29 suspected gang members in a wide-ranging sex trafficking … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News, Somali
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Tagged Africa news, Ethiopia, Gang, IndepthAfrica, Minnesota, Nashville Tennessee, sex trafficking, Sexual slavery, Somalia, Somalis gang, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States
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