The United States recognized the Somali Bantu as a persecuted minority group in 1999; between 2004 and 2006, many refugees resettled in New England, almost 1,000 of those in Lewiston.

The recent elimination of the USDA’s Local Food Purchasing Assistance program is forcing immigrant farmers in Maine and the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LEWISTON — The brakes are showing some wear. The steering is soft. And ...

Their journey was arduous, but their dream survived. Today, that dream has come true in Maine where Thanksgiving tables will be plentiful with local sweet potatoes, apples, squash, and other holiday ...

This mural project was made possible thanks to funding roughly in the amount of $20,000 that was secured by Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera on the behalf of the Somali Bantu Community Organization of ...

In response, the Somali Bantu Association has boosted its free produce donations to people seeking food through three food pantries and at the organization’s main office at 222 Pine St. in Lewiston.

Somali farmers are now working to fill cultural and nutritional gaps for Muslim communities throughout the region. Somali Bantu refugee-led halal goat farm takes root north of Pittsburgh | 90.5 WESA ...

The Somali Bantu community in Pittsburgh is small but organized. Refugees began arriving in the city from camps along the Somali border in the early 2000s. Members of the community started the ...

Neighborhood Athletics aims to empower Somali Bantu youth in Columbus. Peter Gill. Columbus Dispatch. It's 6 p.m. Tuesday in the gym at Sullivant Elementary School, ... Kassim was born in Somalia, ...

A Somali Bantu refugee farmer thrives in Maine, US Jocelyn Ruggiero BostonGlobe. Posted On 01-08-2023, 04:57PM; Ahmed Baraki works in the community garden at Liberation Farms in Wales, Maine.VINCENT ...