Somali journalists who found home in Minnesota worry about future

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Somali journalists who found home in Minnesota worry about future

For four years, Mahad Ali Hussein reported from the Somali region of Ethiopia, one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. After multiple arrests and beatings by police, he fled the country in 2023. For the last year, he’s been podcasting from Minnesota, part of an ecosystem of Somali journalists who cover the Somali diaspora, telling stories that would be suppressed back home. Several of those journalists, including Mahad,…