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Kenyans in Minnesota get ready for Madaraka Day
Hundreds are expected at Parkers Park Community Playfield in Plymouth this Sunday, June 1, as Minnesota's Kenyan-American community celebrates Madaraka Day, which marks the...
Africa by Maya Angelou
Beloved American author and poet, Maya Angelou, born April 4 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, ,died today at the age of 86.blood sugar levels...
Miguel to perform at MTV Africa Music Awards
MTV Base has revealed that R&B superstar Miguel is to join the star-studded line-up of performers at the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA).
Miguel...
Senators Klobuchar, Franken and Congressman Ellison write to President Kenyatta over treatment of Somalis
President Uhuru Kenyatta
State House Road
Nairobi, Kenya
Dear Mr. President:
We write to express our concern over the treatment of Somalis in Kenya during the...
Minnesota rallies in support of abducted Nigerian girls
A May 10 rally condemning the abduction of more than 200 students from a school in Chibok, Nigeria brought members of the state’s Nigerian...
Rwandan Ambassador pays homage to past and present
April marked the start of Kwibuka 20 events to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. The word “kwibuka” means to...
East African Business Forum features Tanzanian Ambassador
Tanzania’s U.S. ambassador, Liberata Mulamula, was busy on her May 7 visit to Minnesota. After speaking at the Books for Africa annual fundraiser in...
Boston Marathon: Rita Jeptoo of Kenya sets women’s course record as an American wins...
Rita Jeptoo today sucesfully defended her title and in the process also set a new course record in the Boston Marathon's women's race with...
Flamingo Restaurant: “We feel like we’re home”
In July 2010, six months after fulfilling their dream and opening Flamingo Restaurant (located at the intersection of Syndicate Street and University Avenue in...
Westgate Mall attack coverage wins the New York Times a Pulitzer
Coverage by the New York Times of the September 21, 2013 Al-Shabaab attack on the upscale Westgate mall in Nairobi has won the New...
“Freedom Day” fundraiser in Minneapolis to build classrooms in KwaZulu-Natal
Africa Classroom Connections holds its annual "Freedom Day" gathering on April 30 at the historic Alfred Pillsbury house in Minneapolis, home of Uri and...