FARGO — The metro community is gathering this weekend for the annual Somali Heritage Celebration — a free event filled with cultural food, music, art, storytelling, dance and cultural connections.

Missionary efforts in Minnesota have been curtailed due to fear stemming from Somali culture, according to a Lutheran Church pastor. Rev. Dr. Dinku Bato, a leader of the left-leaning Lutheran Heritage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Somali culture, there is a famous adage: “Calaf waa labo cagood.” It translates to “Happiness is two feet,” and denotes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Somali Week is an event hosted by Rising Impact, a non-profit that focuses on supporting Somali youth. The week includes events ...

An exhibit featuring profiles of notable Somali residents, traditional artifacts and poetry highlighting East African culture in Minnesota opened last weekend in St. Paul. The “Somalis + Minnesota” ...

UNESCO joined forces with the Somalia Academy of Science and Arts (SOMASA) in collaboration with the Somali National Commission for UNESCO and the Somali Permanent Delegation to UNESCO to organize a ...

Growing up, Ifrah F. Ahmed never planned on becoming a chef. Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Ahmed came to the US as a child after the start of the Somali Civil War. In 1996, her family was resettled in ...

GALKAYO, Somalia (UNHCR) - Hawa Aden has been called a witch. She and her women colleagues have been labelled traitors to Somali culture and the Islamic religion, and had Friday sermons preached ...

Somali women describe a complex and shifting tradition of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Somalia, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health by Zamzam I.A. Ali from the ...

Nonprofits say the death highlights a broader need for more culturally responsive services for Somali families that have children with autism. Tears flowed at the makeshift memorial along Minnehaha ...