Somali Mainer Returns to East Africa to Campaign for the Presidency of His Former Region
Somali Mainer Returns to East Africa to Pursue Presidency of Jubaland
In 2009, a Somali native resettled in Maine and quickly found his footing. He established a nonprofit dedicated to mental health and wellness in immigrant communities, earned a doctorate in public policy from the University of Southern Maine, and recently launched an aid organization designed to send essential resources to communities in East Africa. Ali's charitable work led him back to his homeland, Jubaland in southern Somalia, where he witnessed a…