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Eight immigration wins in 2013
BY REBECCA LEBER AND ESTHER YU-HSI LEE
Despite a landmark comprehensive immigration reform bill that cleared the Senate in June, a corresponding bill that addresses the 11.7 million undocumented immigrants...
Jacob Okioma launches debut album
Jacob Okioma gospel CD release for his debut CD, Niko na Imani (Swahili for I Have Faith), at the Kenya Community Church in Brooklyn...
Ghanaian-born Wallace-Reed joins Crown Medical Center
The rapidly growing Crown Medical Center with clinics in Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park has added a 20 year veteran of medicine, Dr. Rita Wallace-Reed...
Jambo Africa to host Kenya @ 50 buffet
Kenya marked 50 years of independence yesterday (December 12). Jambo Africa Restaurant in Brooklyn Center is hosting a buffet of Kenyan dishes for both...
Mandela Public Memorial in Minnesota to be held on December 14
A public memorial service for the late President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela will be held by Minnesotans on Saturday, December 14, at 1:00 p.m. at...
Nelson Mandela Timeline
July 18, 1918
Born
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born in the Umtata district of Transkei, the son of a tribal chief.
1942
Education
Mandela receives his law degree from the...
Stop Nairobi City Carton evictions
I’m writing to express my concern and raise awareness about the forceful evictions that happened on 10 May 2013 to the people living at...
Global partners commit $12 billion to UN-backed fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomed today a $12 billion commitment by international partners to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and...
Black Uhuru in Minneapolis November 24
Black Uhuru - one of Jamaica's oldest and most successful reggae bands will perform at the Cedar in Minneapolis this Sunday, November 24. Uhuru...
Little Africa lifts off
Only two weeks ago Abdi Warsame was elected to the Minneapolis City Council, becoming the highest-ranked elected official of Somali decent in the country....
Illinois starts issuing drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants
Signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn January 27, the Secretary of State’s Office began accepting appointments to enroll in the Temporary Visitor Drivers...