Col. Nur and the 1977-78 Somali-Ethiopian War When Nur died of COVID-19 in June 2020, the Sahan Journal, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to covering immigrants and communities of color in Minneapolis, ...

For several years, online rumors have alleged that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S. as a refugee.