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‘Amazing feeling.’ 1st Somali mayor in US shares her vision
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Deqa Dhalac is the first Somali immigrant to become the mayor of a U.S. city, but she describes her rise...
African immigrant organization to hold 2nd-annual leadership summit
An economic development agency serving African immigrant community in the Twin Cities is bringing back a leadership conference after the inaugural one held in...
How Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott’s African upbringing helped him deal with the fallout...
When 18-year-old Mike Elliott went to Brooklyn Center City Hall for a permit to hold a carwash fundraiser for his high school prom, he...
Group that seeks to reconnect African diaspora with their roots ships books to Ghana
A container with 16,000 books arrived in Cape Coast, Ghana this week as the launch of a historic trade and investment expo dubbed “Wakanda-One,...
Nigerian-born Margaret-Mary Wilson is UnitedHealth Group’s next chief medical officer
Dr. Margaret-Mary Wilson, an executive at America’s largest health insurer UnitedHealth, has been elevated to that company’s chief medical officer to lead its clinical...
Sec. Blinken presents Muna Mohamed the 2021 U.S. State Department Foreign Service National of...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken presented this year's U.S. State Department Foreign Service National of the Year award to Muna Mohamed who works...
What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?
South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19 infections in...
U.S.-Africa relations: An opportunity lost or found
This article was originally published in the American Ambassadors Review. Mshale has republished it with their permission.
On the same day President Joseph Biden laid...
Minnesota to open COVID-19 booster shots to all adults
In response to surging coronavirus cases even among the fully vaccinated due to waning immunity, Minnesota health officials were set to recommend all adults...
Kenyan university signs agreement to expand partnership with Minnesota institution
The largest university in southwestern Kenya has signed a partnership agreement that will strengthen its relationship with yet another Minnesotan institution.
Representatives from Kisii University...
Kisii University Vice Chancellor meets with Books for Africa leadership
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Kisii University Vice Chancellor John Akama and the director of research and outreach at the university Dr. Anakalo Shitandi met...