Monthly Archives: November 2015
Senegal plans to ban the burqa
Senegal plans to become the fifth African country to ban Muslim women from wearing the full-face Islamic veil – known as the burqa -...
Hundreds bid farewell to the late Henry Gichaba
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - There was not a single empty seat inside the Kenyan Community SDA Church on the day the Kenyan-American community in...
Meet Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzania’s first ever female vice president
The recent presidential election in Tanzania saw John Pombe Magufuli emerge victorious. His running mate was Samia Suluhu Hassan. The ticket's victory gave the...
Former Minneapolis Mayor, Sharon Sayles Belton, to keynote Kenya Independence Day Dinner
Former Minneapolis Mayor, Sharon Sayles Belton, will be the keynote speaker at Minnesota's Kenya Independence Day Dinner on Saturday, December 12, chairwoman of the...
Gichaba death: Family announces visitation and funeral arrangements
There will be a visitation today (November 12) for Henry Gichaba, a Kenyan-American that was found dead in his apartment on November 3 by...
Ilhan Omar launches campaign for Minnesota House seat
MINNEAPOLIS - Politics is a game that for the most part, many of us choose to partake in only as often as we are...
Ilhan Omar’s legislative race taking shape
Ilhan Omar, DFL activist and Director of public policy initiatives at Women Organizing Women (WOW) Network, announced her candidacy for Minneapolis House District 60B...
African immigrants express frustration over California driver’s license hurdles
African immigrants in the Bay Area are upset that many of them have to go through a secondary review process in order to apply...
How South Africa born Trevor Noah is making The Daily Show his own, without...
Late night's only millennial host opens up about his first month
On Sept. 28, the final piece of the recast late-night lineup clicked into place...
Minnesota Kenyans and Liberians mourn loss of two that shared first name
Kenyans and Liberians in Minnesota are in a state of shock after bodies of two members of their communities that share a first name...
Why do many highly educated immigrants face underemployment?
Earlier this month, Zewdu Negash sat in the lobby of a Minneapolis homeless shelter with a pile of credentials detailing a two-decade experience as...