You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LEWISTON — Abdi Musa stood before a small class Wednesday night at Lewiston ...

ST. CLOUD — Three years after creating what was thought to be the first high school-level curriculum for native Somali speakers in the state and country, Abdi Mahad is at it again — this time creating ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Minnesota has the largest Somali population in the nation, with an estimated population of 32,000 people. WCCO has told you stories of how some young Somalis have struggled to ...

Somali Americans are not a stereotype. We are parents, students, business owners and leaders. We contribute in ways that are ...

ST. CLOUD — Move over, Spanish and French. St. Cloud public schools next year will be offering Somali and Ojibwe to all students as elective languages. "It just makes sense for us to have it," said ...

NORTH MANKATO — A diverse set of foreign languages are taught at area colleges, but until last month they didn't include one of the languages most frequently spoken in the region. Students in various ...

Farhiya Iman is single-handedly helping to overcome barriers in her community by teaching others about her native Somali culture and language, one phrase at a time. Farhiya Iman moved to St. Cloud, ...

Fifteen Hmong Educators earned their Minnesota K-12 World Languages & Cultures teaching license with an emphasis on Hmong language and culture from Concordia College in Moorhead. CATHY WURZER: You ...

A first-of-its-kind Somali language class is up and running in a Portland elementary school. Other states like Minnesota have Somali programs, but those classes focus on just one Somali language. The ...

When you think of languages to study in school, what comes to mind? Spanish? French? German? Maybe Mandarin? Whatever it is, it’s probably not Somali, the language of millions around the world and the ...

Somali residents of Minnesota now have a new source of news tailored to them thanks to a new initiative by Minnesota Public Radio. MPR News Somali, currently in a beta phase, provides regional and ...

As Columbus has grown, so has the diversity of languages and those speaking them in Ohio's capital city. While Spanish is still the most spoken language besides English, Columbus has seen an uptick in ...