MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali kids just want to have fun. They climb on a jungle gym, ride bikes, splash in a swimming pool and laugh — a scene normal in many parts of the world, but new in ...

U.S.: 29,000 Somali kids have died in last 90 days August 8, 2011 / 9:13 AM EDT / CBS/AP NAIROBI, Kenya - A U.S. official says the famine in Somalia has killed more than 29,000 children under the ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Young Somali children in the Minneapolis public schools are over-represented in autism programs, the Minnesota Health Department reported, confirming the observations of many ...

For years, parents in the Somali community in Minneapolis have said autism is unusually common in their kids. Now, a University of Minnesota study confirms those claims. The study used data from ...

Some kids were going to the Twin Cities to play indoor soccer in the winter, Iman said. Abdi and Iman could use some help, though. The group is looking for donations of time, money and supplies.

JIM GEHRZ [email protected] Burnsville/March 26, 2009/1:30PM Six-year-old Abdullahi, son of Somali-American mother Idil Abdull, peers from the living room window of the family s Burnsville home.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's 2011 famine is over. Militants have been pushed out of Mogadishu. Political progress is being made. And yet the U.N. and Somali government are pleading with ...

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Somali-American-run day cares and centers remain the child-care option of choice for Somali-American parents, who are often reluctant to entrust their kids to strangers outside their culture.

Some social-service providers hypothesize it's because Somali moms are home teaching their kids. Educator Bill Wilson's answer: "Their families put so much value on education." ...

The Minneapolis-based group called Somali Youth Link continues to patrol parts of the city to deter violence where youth tend to gather. "It's not like all the Somali kids are bad, but there are ...

“The ones in Dinkytown might be 100 Somali kids, maybe. But the ones who showed up in Crystal, like 300. The ones who showed up in Brooklyn Park, 400,” Hassanen said.