The language around Somalia is often confusing and sensitive to those it describes. That is why choosing the right term matters, sometimes because it can ensure respect just as much as accuracy.

Bob Zany, born Robert Earl Tetreault, was only 15 when he appeared on “The Gong Show” in 1977. Halfway through reading his stand-up comedy routine from a piece of paper, ...

Trump’s Iran war is historically unique in one critically important way: Early on, the war is not popular with the American public.

Arizona regulators voted this week to scrap the state’s renewable energy mandate. The rule required utilities to get 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025.

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud flanked by Somalia's Federal Parliament Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur and ...

DA says it will not remove ‘Lesufi shower billboard’ at ANC’s request; Godongwana says oil spike threatens South Africa’s inflation; And, Somali parliament approves constitution change to extend ...

During President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night State of the Union address, he used a teen as a transphobic prop, urged the passage of a law that could keep millions of trans people from voting, and ...

Armed with nothing but a crowbar and shovel in the hills of Somaliland, Ahmed Ibrahim hacks away at rocks where he and fellow miners have already found tonnes of lithium.

Trump keeps targeting Minnesota’s Somali community. But as one organizer says, “What we’ve built here, we’re not going to let it be easy for people to take that away from us.” ICE watchers Mustafa ...

Dozens of asylum cases filed by Somali migrants in immigration courts were suddenly rescheduled and recategorized over the weekend, according to four lawyers interviewed by NPR. NPR has learned that ...

“Fraud” doesn’t begin to cover it. Under Gov. Tim Walz’s watch, Minnesota has become the hub of an exorbitant federal fund money-laundering scheme. Updated reports reflect nearly 100 individuals, the ...