Monthly Archives: June 2013
Obama starts first major tour of Africa
Almost four centuries after Africans started being shipped to North America as slaves, the first U.S. president of African ancestry will on Thursday visit...
‘African Summer’ comes to the Cedar
The 'African Summer' music series kicked off this week at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. As in the previous years' series, this year...
Kenya’s Mukhisa Kituyi appointed new head of UN Trade and Development body, UNCTAD
The General Assembly today confirmed the appointment of Mukhisa Kituyi of Kenya as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)...
Eldoret City benchmarks Minneapolis
The bottom line is, you must be organized to achieve your goals, and resource development planning is what gets you organized. A total of...
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art to host panel on “Health, Hair, and Heritage”...
The Sanaa Circle, a friends group of the National Museum of African Art, will present a panel discussion in support of the museum in...
Colorado grants driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law on Wednesday a measure that grants driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, making Colorado the eighth state in...
Shabelle Grocery’s secret Ethiopian restaurant now offers a lunch buffet
The exterior of Shabelle. Photo: Jeremy Iggers/TC Daily Planet
The little Ethiopian restaurant hidden away inside the Shabelle Grocery used to be one of the...
Hepatitis B: A Serious infection that can be prevented
This article highlights a specific type of hepatitis that is important to know about during pregnancy - hepatitis B.
What is hepatitis B?
Hepatitis B is...