Friday, November 20, 2009

Deadly journey: Minneapolis to Mogadishu

Minneapolis is very different from Mogadishu. Yet it is home to the largest group of Somali refugees in the country - more than 60,000 of them. It may seem like an odd place to settle if you are from the Horn of Africa.
In autumn, Minnesota is cold and grey; in winter it is almost too cold to venture out.But unlike Somalia, there is no civil war here, no children walking around with guns, no warlords and none of the grinding poverty.So it seemed like a safe place for Zeinab Bihi to raise her son, Burhan, or so she thought.On 4 November 2008, the 17-year-old went missing from their Minneapolis apartment. ..MORE..Deadly journey: Minneapolis to Mogadishu

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