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By Editorial Board Star Tribune Maple Grove students showed how to counter hate. The nation now has as its president-elect a man who came to Minnesota on Nov. 6 and described the growing, contributing Somali-American share of this state’s population as unwanted, and its impact on...

By Erin Adler Star Tribune Hundreds showed up Sunday to eat and show unity after election results left African community nervous. More than 500 people gathered in Minneapolis' Loring Park on Sunday to chat and enjoy free Somali food as part of Sambusa Sunday, an event...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces questioning by prosecutors Monday at the Ecuadoran embassy in London in a twist in the long-running legal battle over a rape allegation against him. An Ecuadoran prosecutor will quiz the founder of the secret-spilling website at the red-brick building where...

Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohammed has said she is best placed to guide the African Union into the future in the global arena. "I am an African with impeccable pan-African credentials. I bring on board competencies and experience that shall make it possible to secure...

Nigel Farage has been spotted at Trump Tower as he becomes the first British politician to meet the new President-elect. The interim Ukip leader met with Donald Trump in New York to discuss 'freedom and winning' a senior Trump adviser. Mr Farage has now beaten Prime...

By Luciana Lopez and Ginger Gibson | NEW YORK/WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton blamed FBI director James Comey for her stunning defeat in Tuesday's presidential election in a conference call with her top campaign funders on Saturday, according to two participants who were on the call. Clinton was...

A COLLEGE student from Somalia has gained a top sporting award. Rahmo Ali Adan (18), who relocated to Rotherham from the African country and now studies an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course at Rotherham College, has taken up the chance to participate...

The Burma-Shave-style signs lining the street next to Steve Sorensen’s white clapboard house don’t mince words. “Take your Muslim Somalian diaspora and put it where the sun doesn’t shine!!!” the cheery red-and-white messages proclaim. Sorensen, a retired former federal VA worker who’s lived in St. Cloud...

In Summary Obama used AGOA as a tool to promote human rights, cutting Swaziland out of the deal in 2015 over alleged oppression in the small southern African nation. In contrast, Trump's victory acceptance speech on Wednesday suggested a more protectionist approach to international relations, stressing...

An Ethiopian court has sentenced eight Somali nationals to jail terms ranging from two to nine years after they were convicted for planning a failed attack in the capital Addis Ababa. The convicts, who were accused of belonging to the Somali Islamic extremist group al-Shabab,...