By Caroline Cummings, CBS Minnesota DFL Minnesota lawmakers and other community advocates rallied in the State Capitol rotunda on Monday to condemn President Trump’s pledge to end deportation protections for some Somali immigrants. In a social media post on Friday, Mr. Trump said he would end “effective immediately” the temporary legal status for Somalia, a designation the country...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The first Group of 20 summit in Africa that ended Sunday broke new ground by putting the priorities of poor countries at the top of the bloc’s agenda. Host South Africa negotiated a summit declaration signed by some of the world’s richest and top emerging economies that agreed to give more global attention to issues that especially affect...
The U.S. administration has once again stirred controversy over immigration policies, targeting Somali residents in Minnesota under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) while narrowing protections for African countries. In just over two weeks, the Trump administration has moved to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for two African countries, sharply narrowing U.S. immigration protections Following the...
By James Walsh, The Minnesota Star Tribune President Donald Trump’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status for Somalis in Minnesota has sparked alarm and even panic among many in Minnesota’s Somali community, the largest in the U.S. The move could return hundreds of refugees to Somalia, putting them at risk of injury or death, said...
By Faris Tanyos, Nick Lentz, CBS President Trump on Friday said he is ending deportation protections for Somali immigrants in Minnesota. The president wrote on his Truth Social platform that he was “terminating effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.” Mr. Trump said, without providing evidence, that “Somali gangs are terrorizing the...
MOGADISHU, Somalia- Nearly a quarter of Somalia’s population is facing acute hunger, with 1.85 million children under five at risk of acute malnutrition, the World Food Program (WFP) warned on Thursday. The WFP said in a statement that the Horn of Africa nation’s climate outlook remains bleak, with La Nina and a negative Indian Ocean...
By Ahmed Bashir Introduction “Qabiil ma dhamaado” — tribe never ends. That phrase echoes in every corner of Somali society, whispered in hushed tones, argued in armchair warriors (fadhi-ku-dirir) sessions, or shouted in moments of conflict. Clan identity is worn like a second skin, passed down like inheritance, and guarded like treasure. For some, it...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In South Africa ’s oldest township, volunteers in wetsuits jump into the thigh-deep water of the polluted Jukskei River to untangle a net that’s designed to trap garbage but damaged by heavy rains. Without the nets, the shacks of low-lying Alexandra on the outskirts of Johannesburg could face disastrous flooding. World leaders with the Group...
By Mohamed A. Hashi Food fraud—expired, mislabeled, and adulterated food sold in fragile markets—has emerged as a public health crisis in Somalia. Despite international frameworks such as the Codex Alimentarius, Somali markets remain flooded with unsafe goods, undermining child health and eroding trust in food systems. In this piece, we shall analyze the human cost...
By Richard Collett, CNN For decades, Somalia’s name has been shorthand for conflict, piracy and danger. Since the country’s civil war began in the 1990s, the country has had relatively few Western visitors. Yet, against the odds, the East African nation is now seeing a quiet rise in foreign tourists. About 10,000 tourists visited Somalia in 2024,...