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In Westgate, Al-Shabaab fought the wrong war, suffered the right defeat
Mshale Editor's Note: The following is an opinion piece by Charles Onyango-Obbo of Kenya's Nation Newspaper group.
Al-Shabaab terrorists who attacked the Westgate Mall in...
Nwokocha to keynote West African Day
The West African Collaborative, a consortium of Minnesota national groups from West Africa will host its annual West African Cultural and Family Day on...
American media covers Kenya Diaspora response to Westgate Mall attack
Media in Minnesota, home to the largest Somali community in the United States has expanded its already intense focus on the Somali community to...
Somalis in Minnesota condemn Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3EFdSe4yIk
Aliko Dangote to build $400 million cement factory in Kenya
Nigerian businessman and Africa’s richest man, Mr Aliko Dangote, Thursday announced plans to put up a Sh35 billion ($400 million) cement factory in Kenya...
Somali professionals propel Warsame to top tier of money getters in race for Minneapolis...
Cab drivers, IT workers and a host of the self-employed have catapulted Minneapolis City Council candidate Abdi Warsame to the top tier of candidates...
A little bit of Africa at New York Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week kicked off Thursday. The focus is on the Spring 2014 collections. Just as there are very few models of color...
Nasibu Sareva named Interim Executive Director at African Development Center
Nasibu Sareva, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the African Development Center (ADC) has been named Interim Executive Director by the center's board following...
March on Washington: Banks, business and local government are new enforcers of racism
Today August 28, 2013 is the 50 anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 “I have a Dear Speech”. Nobody can deny the concrete...
Pentagon’s futurist office now studying Africa’s future
The military's attention on Africa continues, as its secretive Office of Net Assessment has hired contractor Booz Allen Hamilton to study the continent's future,...
Hussein Samatar, founder of the African Development Center, dies at 45
Hussein Samatar, a Somali-American former banker turned entrepreneur and politician, died yesterday (Sunday, August 25, 2013) following complications from leukemia. He was 45.
His death...