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Liberians in Minnesota to vote in OLM elections this weekend
Liberians will go to the polls on Sunday, May 19 from 7am to 7pm to fill six board positions in the Organization of Liberians...
Minneapolis Public Housing Board of Commissioners set to get first African immigrant chair
The Minneapolis City Council's Housing Policy & Development Committee voted 4-1 Wednesday to confirm the appointment of Sharmarke M. Issa as a member of...
Governor Walz appoints three to the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage
New faces will join the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage after appointments made by Minnesota governor Tim Walz last week.
In a press statement,...
Rwandan genocide survivor Denise Uwimana to speak in Minneapolis
In 1994 over the span of one hundred days nearly one million members of the Tutsi minority group lost their lives to genocide in...
Khadija Ali named to Minneapolis Foundation board of trustees
The Minneapolis Foundation recently announced the appointment of Khadija Ali, DeAndre Cunningham, and Michael Rodriguez to their board of trustees. The three will serve...
Halima Aden makes Sports Illustrated history as she makes cover in a burkini
Somali-American model, Halima Aden, will be featured in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition wearing a hijab and burkini, becoming the first model in...
Fear grips mothers as they launch campaign to stop gun violence
Burnsville, Minn - Nimco Ahmed stood silently at the grave side of her late son, Mohamed Omar Hassan, 25. She prayed for a few...
Head of the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage pushes for African immigrant civic...
The head of the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage, Justin Terrell, sounded the alarm on Saturday about the lack of civic engagement by...
Kenya Airways to resume daily direct Nairobi-New York flights in June
Kenya Airways, which began daily direct flights between Nairobi and New York's JFK airport last October, but shortly dropped it to five days a...
First Lady of Twin Cities Afro-pop to perform at annual African Professionals Meet and...
If you have not yet had a chance to catch the Twin Cities First Lady of Afro-pop, Carolyne Naomi, live you can do so...
Death threats and Trump taunts galvanize grassroots financial support for Ilhan Omar
Fifth congressional representative Ilhan Omar has faced death threats as well as inflammatory taunts from the president of the United States, but it seems...