Yearly Archives: 2010

Fashion model Alek Wek, 33, came to London as a refugee from Sudan at the age of 14. The seventh of nine children, she studied at the London College of Fashion before being spotted by a model agency in 1995. Within two years, she was working for Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Ralph Lauren and Vivienne Westwood and had been voted MTV’s Model of the Year and i-D magazine’s Model of the Decade.

Like President Obama, I completed my 2010 U.S. Census form. Unlike the president, I did not answer “Question 5 - Race,” by checking “Black, African American, or Negro,” even though, like the chief executive’s, my mother was “White.”

U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration acknowledged at a congressional hearing that the challenges facing Sudan and the Darfur region are daunting, with a referendum on the future of southern Sudan less than eight months away and work needed on a long-term peace agreement.

Kelly Rowland is out and supermodel Iman is in as the new co-host of  “The Fashion Show.”

FIFA has sold 90 percent of the nearly three million tickets available for the World Cup, which starts in South Africa in 30 days, organizers said on Tuesday.

In the shadow of Arizona's strict immigration law, a broad range of evangelical leaders are speaking in support of comprehensive immigration reform, with more specifics than some were able to embrace before.

WASHINGTON - Africans and the developing world can learn from the United States’ experience with entrepreneurship, according to Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim, a Sudanese-born telecommunications magnate.

Governor Tim Pawlenty announced the appointments of Ayderus Ali and Nnamdi Okoronkwo to the Council on Black Minnesotans.

Immigration regulations and criminal law intersect when a non-citizen is charged with a crime and faces possible immigration consequences, including deportation, if he is convicted of the offense. Criminal defense counsels sometimes advise their clients to plead guilty to obtain a reduced sentence or to avoid the risk of going to trial. For non-citizens, however, the effects of the criminal charge on their immigration status and their ability to stay in the United States have the deepest and most lasting consequences.

Books for Africa and the Ghana Library Board have signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby Books for Africa will provide high quality new books free of charge to the Ghana Library System for the promotion of literacy.

With health care reform in the “done” column, the White House and Congress should tackle long-overdue immigration policy reform, say media, legal and community service leaders.