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By Nuur Sh Ismail If 2023 was the year we met the chatbot and 2024 taught us multimodality, 2025 will forever be remembered as the Year of the Agent, the…

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Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community in the United States. Over several decades, Somali Americans have built families, businesses, institutions, and political representation that are now an integral…

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Recent statements from the White House regarding the possible denaturalization of Somali Americans convicted in the Minnesota fraud scandal have raised fear, confusion, and anger across Somali communities in the…

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Hargeisa – Somaliland has firmly denied claims that it agreed to host Israeli military bases or accept the resettlement of Palestinians displaced from Gaza in exchange for diplomatic recognition by…

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By Adruus Abdi Have you ever read the book the boy who cried Wolf in the book? It talks about a boy who sat on top of the hill and…

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Minneapolis, MN - December 25, 2025: On Thursday, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan made a heartfelt visit to Karmnel Mall, a hub for the local Somali community, as part of her…

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Garissa is once again mourning a young life lost under circumstances that raise more questions than answers. The death of 25-year-old taxi driver Sheikh Ahmed Omar is not an isolated…

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How Short-Sighted Narratives Undermine Minnesota’s Somali Success Story Bad politics rarely stops at bad ideas. More often, it produces petty outcomes; fear, division, and the deliberate misunderstanding of entire communities.…

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What if, instead of seeing Minnesota’s Somali community through the narrow lens of scandal, we looked at the full picture: workers, taxpayers, entrepreneurs, and families who are deeply woven into…