Somalia

Ramsey County District Court Judge John Guthmann in 2022 admonished Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) for making “inaccurate” and “false” statements in claiming he forced the governor to continue making payments to the scandal-ridden Feeding Our Future nonprofit, which is at the center of a scheme to steal $250 million from a coronavirus-era welfare program.

Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia were elected by the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to serve two-year terms on the U.N. Security Council (UNSC), taking over five rotating “non-permanent” membership slots from Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, and Mozambique.

Two jurors were bribed and subsequently dismissed in one of the biggest coronavirus relief fraud trials in the country in Minnesota.

Federal prosecutors have charged 47 Somali Muslim immigrants in Minnesota for skimming $250 million from a coronavirus relief program.

The Indian Navy on Friday foiled a pirate attack on an Iranian-flagged fishing ship off the coast of Somalia, rescuing the crew of 11 Iranians and 8 Pakistanis.

It is time to expel Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from Congress and denaturalize and deport her, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is facing fierce backlash and accusations of threatening to “make the U.S. bow to Somali interests.”

A Somali runner had the world guessing why she was chosen to represent her country after posting the worst 100-meter run time in the history of 100-meter run times. As it turns out, she was there because of nepotism.

Russia is ready to supply Somalia´s army with military equipment in its war against terrorism, Russia’s foreign minister said Friday.

The president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, implemented a full ban this weekend on carrying firearms on the streets of Mogadishu, the nation’s violent capital.

A man who lost his son to a fatal shooting in 2021 has blamed structural racism and Swedes for not keeping residents of his community safe. 

A 44-year-old Somali-Dane has been indicted by a Danish court for selling his 12-year-old daughter into sexual slavery in Kenya and Somalia and forcibly circumcising her.

U.N. Undersecretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov said on Thursday that the Islamic State (ISIS) remains a serious threat, with a “particularly worrying” show of growing strength in Africa’s conflict zones.

Parents in Toronto expressed shock after receiving an email from an elementary school principal that contained the flag of the Islamic State terrorist group.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending temporary amnesty status to thousands of Somali nationals living in the United States who would otherwise be eligible for deportation.

LESBOS, Greece (AP) – A Somali migrant serving life in prison for people-smuggling appeared in court Monday to appeal his sentence, in a case backed by a group of European Parliament members who say he was wrongfully convicted.

African Christians endured another grim year in 2022, especially in turbulent Somalia and Nigeria, where Islamist gangs such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State wiped out entire villages and Christian farmers clashed with herdsmen from the Fulani tribe. 

One in ten Somalis in Germany have been suspected of a crime, statistically, meaning that they are on average around five times more likely than the native population to be involved in criminality.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday announced sanctions against the network of smugglers who supply weapons to the Islamic State and al-Shabaab in Somalia.

Pope Francis prayed Sunday that God “convert the hearts of the violent!” following Saturday’s Islamic terror attack in Somalia.

Two people were killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing Tuesday in southwestern Germany, police said.

Two more suspects have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting during the Norwegian capital’s annual LGBTQ Pride festival

The Cabinet Ministry of Ukraine announced recently that it would reimburse the government of Ethiopia, and neighboring Somalia, for about $11.4 million worth of wheat, Mogadishu’s Shabelle Media reported on Tuesday.

The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, warned Monday that Somalia stands on the “brink of famine” due to the worst drought in four decades.

Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre appointed Mukhtar Robow — a former deputy chief of al-Shabaab, which is a Somali branch of the international jihadist terror organization al-Qaeda — as Somalia’s new religion minister on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

A viral video shows Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) being booed off stage at a concert for Somalians in her home state of Minnesota.

The populist Sweden Democrats (SD) have called for the repatriation of Syrians, Afghans, and Somalis, noting their rate of unemployment and high numbers who have not integrated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed the West last week to lift sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame from Russia to the West.

Tom Satterly, a combat veteran portrayed in the movie “Black Hawk Down” about the 1993 battle in Somalia, is spending his days helping fellow veterans.

The Biden administration announced it is restarting a “persistent” U.S. troop presence in Somalia, citing the threat of al-Shabaab.

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed on Monday plans to deploy roughly 500 U.S. troops to Somalia in the near future.

With 150,000 Britons offering their homes to Ukrainian refugees since a new scheme was launched on Monday, the government is drawing up plans to capitalise on British hospitality by looking to resettle other refugees people’s homes, too.

The United Nations voted on Friday to launch a new human rights panel of experts to oversee the conflict in Ukraine.

The Foreign Press Association, Africa – an organization for foreign reporters on the continent – issued an impassioned statement on Tuesday condemning global coverage of the Russian assault on Ukraine for being “racist” and showing a “lack of nuance and empathy” towards victims of war in Africa and other areas with majority non-white populations.

A suicide bomber from the Al-Shabaab Islamic terror group exploded a car bomb in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu Wednesday, killing at least eight and injuring nine more.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, announced on Monday he will head for the front lines of battle and take direct command of his troops to fight the Tigrayan insurrection.