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Are you at risk from serious complications from the flu?

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If you are living with a long-term health condition like asthma, COPD, diabetes or heart disease, you take steps every day to stay healthy...

Everyone is welcome at Good Grocer, a new kind of food marketplace

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The small chartreuse and white building on the corner of East Lake Street and Stevens Avenue might be easy to miss, but what goes...

Somali American Parent Association takes on East African immigrant mental health

ST.PAUL, Minn. - In partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health, the Somali American Parent Association hosted the East African Mental Conference Thursday at...

University of Liberia benefit concert to feature Alumni Chorus on September 26 in Brooklyn...

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The University of Liberia Alumni Chorus which consists of alumni from the school will deliver their renowned repertoire to Twin Cities residents during a...

SAPA and Minnesota Health Department to hold conference on the mental health of East...

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A mental health conference focusing on the state's burgeoning East African community will be held on October 1 in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. It will seek...

Kenya’s Majority Leader, Aden Duale, defends Islam at Minnesota meeting

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Mshale) - Kenya's Majority leader in parliament, Aden Duale, gave  a strong defense of Islam, describing it as a "religion of peace,"...

Majority Leader in Kenya Parliament to address Townhall in Minnesota

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Preparations are underway to host Kenya’s Majority Leader in parliament, Aden Duale, in the Twin Cities this weekend. He will address the large Minnesota...

Coca-Cola executive to speak at Liberian-American Townhall in Minnesota

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Coca-Cola executive, Alexander B. Cummings, Jr. will tomorrow (Saturday, September 12) participate in "Community Conversation" and engage Liberians in Minnesota in a Town Hall...

Pneumococcal disease: It can be prevented

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Last winter Samuel thought he had caught a bad cold, but after two weeks of being sick, his health took a sudden turn for...

Senator Franken headed to Ethiopia to discuss plight of the Oromos and Somali refugees

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United States Senator Al Franken is among a delegation of bi-partisan US senators and congregational members visiting five African countries in a bid to...

Refugee elders escape Somali strife – now struggle to survive U.S. bureaucracy

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FORT WAYNE, Ind.- Since arriving in the United States in 2004, Sugow Said, a Somali refugee, has desired to become a U.S. citizen. But the...