Monthly Archives: December 2022
Outgoing officials say farewells as Brooklyn Park’s first Black mayor prepares to take over
Brooklyn Park Mayor Lisa Jacobson held her last city council meeting Monday, joined by outgoing councilmembers who also came to say their final goodbyes....
US deaths fell this year, but not to pre-COVID levels
The number of U.S. deaths dropped this year, but there are still more than there were before the coronavirus hit.
Preliminary data — through the...
The Cedar hosts a successful Afrobeat Dance Party
AfroBeats Dance Party started at 8 pm Saturday night at the Cedar Cultural Center, but no one was on the floor dancing. House manager,...
Gallery: Minneapolis Afrobeat Dance Party
Fanaka Nation and Carolyne Naomi hosted the all ages Afrobeat Dance Party at The Cedar Cultural Center on Saturday, December 10, 2022. Mshale’s Chief...
Nigerian women’s group continues COVID-19 vaccinations, reminds community virus isn’t gone
Efforts by African immigrant health care professionals in Minnesota to create COVID-19 awareness in their community continue. On Saturday, it was the Igbo Women...
Upcoming Minnesota COVID-19 testing & vaccination events for December
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) works in partnership with communities to provide safe and free on-site COVID-19 vaccines.
Completing your primary vaccination series and...
Status of COVID-19 in Minnesota
Updated December 8, 2022
Total positive including reinfections: 1,719,549
Total deaths: 13,773
Total cases requiring hospitalization: 77,591
Total cases hospitalized in ICU: 13,267
Numbers are...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to visit Minnesota Thursday
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia will speak at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday, December 15 after attending a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit that...
Biden to host U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington
Africa is a major geopolitical player and boasts some of the world’s fastest-growing economies.
From December 13 to December 15, President Biden will host the...
18-year-old college student elected mayor of Arkansas city
EARLE, Ark. (AP) — An 18-year-old college student has been elected to serve as mayor of a small east Arkansas city, becoming one of...
As African community mourns, leaders struggle to find solutions to rising gun violence
The Nov. 18 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Syoka Siko has brought the African community in the Twin Cities together to try and find a...