By Kevin Miller, PressHerald.com As a leader in Maine’s growing Congolese community, Papy Bongibo said he was concerned about false rumors and a general lack of awareness about the threat posed by the coronavirus. So last Sunday, he visited several…
By Alfonso Serrano Born in Somalia, Abdullahi Ali grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya before arriving in Maine in the United States on a brisk day 10 years ago this month. He had no job or income in 2009 aside from $200 a…
By Amjambo Africa Abdullahi Ali fled war-torn Somalia with his family as a young child and spent much of his early life in one of the world’s largest refugee complexes in Dadaab, Kenya before being resettled to Maine in 2009.…