St. Cloud Times — The recent stream of Somali immigrants and refugees who are making their mark in St. Cloud is partly the reason Hussein Mohamud and Feisal Ali decided to live in the city.
The childhood friends who grew up in the dusty and arid Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya also picked St. Cloud to be closer to their families here — and to Minneapolis, which has a vibrant Somali-American presence and serves as the capital city for Somalis in North America.
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Ali, 30, is a driver manager at MGL Express LLC, the trucking company he co-founded in February. In the fall, he plans to take classes at St. Cloud State University.
