"It moved, you know, a lot in me," the former Iowa representative said of the July 2 incident that he described as a near-death experience.

Abdul-Samad couldn’t form the words to reply in the moment, but he got in his car and drove to see her. He spoke with Rodney as the boy's mother wailed a cry like the one he'd heard a day earlier.

Abdul-Samad says there's a culture of violence among some locally — and a wider population nationally, referencing the two assassination attempts against former president Donald Trump.

Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu says it’s time for African countries to work together to create a food value chain across the continent, and produce more goods for domestic consumption.

Abdul-Samad went on to run for state representative as a Democrat, a position he has held since 2007. In 2004 he was recognized by the D.C.-based Caring Institute, whose board chair was Republican ...