Jamal

Prominent Somali American advocate detained by ICE in Minneapolis, unsettling a community he helped build MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained Omar Jamal, one of Minnesota’s most visible Somali American civic voices, in downtown Minneapolis on Friday, federal officials and his attorney confirmed. He was later transferred to the Freeborn County jail in Albert Lea, a facility that holds federal immigration detainees. What we know Jamal, 52, was taken into custody by ICE on Friday…

UNESCO condemns the killing of journalists Jamal Farah Adan in Somalia UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has condemned the killing of Somali TV journalist Jamal Farah Adan in Galkayo, central Somalia, on March 1. "I condemn the killing of Jamal Farah Adan. I call on the authorities to investigate this crime and bring its perpetrators to justice. Attacks on journalists constitute…