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By Kathy Lynn Gray A Somali man who ran a scam tutoring company for needy Franklin County students was sentenced to 13 months in prison today on federal charges of falsifying invoices and stealing students’ identities. Ashkir Ali, 46, of Balsam Lake Drive on the East Side, pleaded guilty in November to the charges. He faced...

Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo dhiggiisa Faransiiska kula kulmay Biljimka, Dad sheegay in ay barakiciyeen Ciiddan dowladda Soomaaliya ay leedahay, Xukuumadda federaalka oo iyana sheegtay in ay gargaar u dirtay goobihii dhawaan laga saaray Shabaab iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso

Bottling factory in Somaliland [Abdi Robi and Tanq Tarey] As African leaders gather in Brussels for the EU-Africa summit, the foreign minister of Somaliland writes that despite substantial help from the EU, the country still faces important economic hurdles on its path to development, which could be remedied partly by international recognition. Mohamed Yonis is...

Somalis tend to their maize garden as a soldier keeps watch over them. Photo/FILE By DANIEL K. KALINAKI The EastAfrican On a hot morning in early March, a dozen or so Somali farmers crowd into a small shelter at the UN base next to Mogadishu Airport. Flanked by officials from the World Food Programme (WFP) and...

Toronto mayor Rob Ford watching the Toronto Blue Jays MLB game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 24, 2013. PHOTO | TOM SZCZERBOWSKI | FILE  GETTY IMAGES | AFP OTTAWA Scandal-plagued Toronto mayor Rob Ford voted against naming a street in honour of Nelson Mandela on Wednesday...

Patrick Nbungutse, 18, is from Kamonyi district. He plans to become a lawyer and says his mother is proud of him Rwandan genocide survivor Claudete Musanabera with her son Patrick Nbungutse. Photograph: Karel Prinsloo for the Guardian My best subject in school is history. I like learning what happened in the past – in the...

Sahara Aden wore traditional dress to perform a Somali Bantu spiritual dance. (Photo by Rick Brown) Sahara Aden swayed and pirouetted in her bright red traditional dress, enacting a spiritual dance of her Somali Bantu people. The dance was Somali, but the venue was Milwaukee’s Washington Park. Having traveled thousands of miles from a Kenyan...

Abu Hamza al-Masri (credit: Getty Images) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The upcoming terror trial of a radical Muslim cleric is prompting fears of a attack in New York City, a top NYPD official told the New York Daily News. But while the Police Department is on high alert, Commissioner of Intelligence John Miller told WCBS 880′s...

By Reband Khoshnaw ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— “I have been working in the Kurdistan Region for five years. The people look at us as if we are prostitutes, and we are constantly made to feel uncomfortable.” Those are the words of an Ethiopian girl working in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Despite the Kurdistan Region...

Ayaka Suzuki yoshiaki miura BY Mizuho Aoki While some African countries have made huge strides in terms of peace and security, others are still struggling to find their footing, a U.N. official who monitors development in the region said. Ayaka Suzuki, 42, deputy director of the Africa I Division of the Department of Political Affairs...