Authorities say a Minnesota man charged with orchestrating a $250 million fraud scheme has been taken into custody in Somalia ...

Kenya this week deported Somalia's second deputy prime minister back to his ​country for suspected fraudulent acquisition of ‌a Kenyan passport, a police report showed on Friday.

Hoops4Unity, a Twin Cities basketball league founded by two childhood friends, has drawn 5,000 people to its tournaments and ...

The Somali community will come together this weekend for Somali Day celebrations, including an all-day street fair on Lake Street, after a winter in the crosshairs of Operation Metro Surge.

MOGADISHU, June 24, 2026 – Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre is due to travel to the central city of Dhusamareb on Wednesday as negotiations aimed at resolving a dispute over the future ...

President Trump’s World Cup czar, Andrew Giuliani, on Sunday claimed that a Somali referee —who was denied entry into the U.S. for the FIFA World Cup — “was talking to some very bad people.” “There’s ...

As federal prosecutors bring more fraud charges against those suspected of stealing taxpayer money in Minnesota, a common theme among the defendants persists. A 5 INVESTIGATES review of federal fraud ...

Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had to fly back home after getting denied entry to the United States, has some news to cherish. When the world’s biggest soccer tournament rolls around, referees usually ...

A Somali World Cup referee who was barred from entering the United States due to an alleged "association with suspected members of terror organizations" has been ...

A World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States has returned to Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, where he was received by a crowd of supporters and officials.

In March, Somalia’s parliament passed constitutional amendments to replace the old system—whereby clan elders choose the parliament, which then selects a president—and move to a direct vote. These ...

Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who is widely admired in his home country, would have been the first Somali to referee a World Cup game. By Hussein Mohamed Reporting from Mogadishu, Somalia A Somali soccer ...