Monthly Archives: May 2024
It’s official: Huldah Hiltsley files to run for Minnesota State House
First-generation Kenyan immigrant and data privacy manager, Ms. Huldah Hiltsley, on Friday officially filed paperwork to run in the August 13 Democratic primary in...
Kenyans to celebrate Madaraka Day with new festival
Kenyans from across Minnesota will gather in Brooklyn Center on Saturday for a festival to celebrate Madaraka Day, the day in 1963 when Kenya...
Rep. Ilhan Omar files for re-election in St. Paul, speaks of achievements, progress
St. Paul, Minn. - U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, filed for re-election Monday morning accompanied by supporters and DFL state chair Ken Martin.
This will...
Biden thanks Kenya’s Ruto for sending police to Haiti and defends keeping US forces...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed deep appreciation to Kenyan President William Ruto for the coming deployment of Kenyan police forces...
‘When you see books it’s like seeing gold,’ Rwandan envoy says at Books for...
For children caught in the middle of the 1994 Rwanda genocide that killed over 800,000 people, a book in their hands made a world...
House closes 2024 session in chaotic fashion, trading bonding for budget boosts
It was a session of modest ambitions.
After 2023 produced a record $72 billion in biennial funding, Minnesota’s legislative leaders were dampening expectations for anything...
Sen. Mohamed and Rep. Agbaje become first Black women to chair a conference committee...
History was made on Monday when a conference committee to iron out differences between the Minnesota House and Senate versions of a bill to...
Tenant-landlord bill agreement would protect domestic violence victims, omit prohibition of income discrimination
The conference committee on a bill to modify residential housing tenant and landlord provisions reached an agreement Monday.
The proposed legislation would, among other things,...
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wins Democratic endorsement for 5th Congressional District
Democrats in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District on Saturday endorsed U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar for reelection in an unprecedented style – it was the first...
Ambassador Mukantabana of Rwanda to keynote annual Books for Africa luncheon in Minnesota
Rwanda’s ambassador to the United States, Mathilde Mukantabana, will deliver the keynote address at the annual Books for Africa fundraising luncheon on Friday, May...
President Museveni hits out at World Bank and the West for funding seminars instead...
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on Tuesday criticized the west and institutions such as the World Bank for having their priorities upside down when...