Somalis

Abdullahi Ali is part of a global trend of displaced Somalis returning home to seek public office.

Lewiston Mayor Robert MacDonald wants to reassure the city’s Somali community that a local mailer warning of deportation of immigrants is, in his words,…

LEWISTON, Maine - Richard Rodrigue stood in the back of a banquet hall, watching his blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter mingle among her high school…

In the last 15 years, about 12,000 Somali Bantu refugees have been resettled in the United States, and some ultimately found their way to Lewiston.In her…

When Somali immigrants come to the U.S., they often leave many family members behind. Many Somali immigrants serve as a lifeline for these family members,…