Eating Somali food? Don’t forget the banana, ... I stopped by Maashaa'allah Restaurant in Cedar-Riverside for my first-ever traditional Somali meal: an enormous $14 rice and lamb plate.

When the Somali Civil War broke out in 1991, my family and I became refugees. We spent the next several years in search of safety and home, first in neighboring East African countries before being ...

SOMALIA has reopened its embassy in Tanzania, signaling a renewed commitment to regional diplomacy and stronger bilateral and ...

At first glance, Mohammed and Glover would seem to make an odd couple of business partners. She’s in her late 50s, a self-proclaimed bookworm with a ready laugh who came to the U.S. from Somali ...

Muslims around the world mark sundown during the holy month of Ramadan with extravagant dinners to break their daily fasts. That kind of nighttime celebration is unthinkable this year for most ...

For the nine young authors of "Soo Fariista/ Come Sit Down: A Somali American Cookbook" (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 183 pages, $24.95), who are part of Wariyaa, Somali Youth in Museums ...

Minnesota educator and author Marian Hassan received a grant from the Minnesota Humanities Center to support her new children's book project that preserves the Somali language and traditional ...

We usually sell one bag of husk for 20 thousand Somali shillings ($0.90 cents USD)." The women pass their skills to their children so that they can make money, too, and learn a skill.

Drought and terrorism grip desolate Somalia 02:58. Nairobi, Kenya — A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them ...

In a bit of good news, though, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday it is distributing food to 162,000 people in south-central Somalia affected by drought and armed violence.