Photographer's film 'Dhaanto' about Somali dance troupe is 'a love letter to my community' Yasmin Yassin only started filming the short documentary after spending months with the group, based out of ...

Over the last 2 years photographer Nichole Sobecki and journalist Laura Heaton have documented the devastating impact of climate change on one of the most unstable places in the world, Somalia. Their ...

Somalia is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years. Millions of its people face acute food insecurity. Hundreds of thousands have fled to internally displaced persons (IDP) camps to survive.

Recent negative comments from President Donald Trump inspired a celebration of Somali Mainers in Lewiston on Saturday.

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