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Reigning Boston Marathon champ elected to Kenya Parliament
Wesley Korir, the Boston marathon champion, has been elected to the Kenya parliament, the polls’ overseeing body, IEBC confirmed.
The 30-year-old Korir, who ran as...
South by Southwest: Film about Malawi wins Grand Jury prize
A film about a young Malawian who builds a windmill from scrap metal to save his family from famine last night won the grand...
The Kora and Cello: Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal at the Cedar on March...
Review from the Inquirer
The combination of the cello and the kora, the African 21-string harp, may seem unusual on paper, but it sounds perfectly...
Minnesota Kenyans pray for peaceful elections
OSSEO, Minn. - With two days to go before the March 4 general elections in Kenya, over 400 Kenyans of the Christian faith gathered...
Majority of immigrants turned over to ICE are non-criminals
By Reshma Shamasunder
This week, a new report dealt what may be the greatest blow yet to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s strained credibility over its...
Ethiopia’s economy benefits from returning Diaspora
At a salon in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, customer Erica Kanesa relaxes in a leather chair.
“I’m just doing manicure and pedicure,” she says, leaning...
Brothers in Bamako: Habib Koité and Eric Bibb to perform at the Dakota on...
Eric Bibb strongly believes that anytime you collaborate with a musician from another culture, you'll be rewarded with a new lens to look through...
Immigration reform: Who could be left out?
Mee Moua’s family came to the United States in 1978 after fleeing Laos four years earlier and relocating to a refugee camp in Thailand....
Stateside Provisional Waiver Program Begins March 4
Starting on March 4, immediate relatives of U.S.citizens who meet specific requirements may apply for a waiver of unlawful presence while they are in...
Questlove of The Roots branches out to Africa
On a recent trip to South Africa, Questlove, drummer and bandleader for The Roots, says he relearned a valuable lesson that he’d almost forgot...
Minneapolis men face deportation to Somalia
When Hassan was recently asked to come to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services center in Bloomington, he thought immigration authorities needed the usual...