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US immigration set up fake university in Detroit to entrap immigrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement set up a fake university in the Detroit area to nab suspects alleged to have recruited undocumented immigrants who...
Mavin Records and Kupanda Holdings announce partnership
Lagos-based music label, Mavin Records, has joined in a multi million dollar investment partnership to create more opportunities for African music. The new venture...
Saint Paul now has an Africa-born councilman
Minnesota's capital city of Saint Paul now has an African-born person on its city council. That city's council and mayor appointed Somali-American Kassim Busuri...
Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66
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The African music community was shocked yesterday to learn of the untimely death of one of the continent’s greatest musicians, Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi...
Pelosi appoints Omar to House Foreign Affairs Committee
Speaker Nancy Pelosi in announcing committee assignments for the 116th Congress has appointed Representative Ilhan Omar to the powerful foreign affairs committee which oversees...
Angelique Kidjo: I have a feeling of breathing that lifts me up in Minnesota
Like a stone skimming across the surface of the waters, songstress of Benin and Africa, Angelique Kidjo, will skate across the City of Lakes...
Wynfred Russell takes oath of office as Brooklyn Park’s first black council member
Dozens of Brooklyn Park residents last evening crammed into city council chambers to witness history being made in Minnesota’s sixth largest city, the swearing...
These vaccines are needed by pregnant women
As a parent, you do everything you can to keep your child healthy. Keeping your child healthy starts before they are born by doing...
Ilhan Omar’s powerful speech after being sworn in as US Congresswoman
Ilhan Omar who won Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District in the November midterms was sworn in yesterday to become the first black person born in...