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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 in of the city's first black council member, Wynfred Russell, who was born and raised in Liberia.
Russell, a former instructor at the University of Minnesota, defeated former council member Bob Mata by garnering a convincing...
New enrollments of international students fell by 6.6 percent at American universities in academic year 2017-18 compared to the year before, marking the second straight year in declines in new enrollments, according to new data from the annual Open Doors survey.
New enrollments fell 6.3 percent at the undergraduate level, 5.5 percent at the graduate level and 9.7 percent at the nondegree level from...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has endorsed Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor, becoming the first key backer for the state senator as he seeks to unseat incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey.
At a Monday morning press conference announcing her endorsement, Rep. Omar pointed specifically to Fateh’s work as a state senator, where he fought “tooth and nail” to pass legislation providing raises...
By Mark Banchereau
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso says it has refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept deportees from the United States.
The West African country was asked whether it would accept non-citizens expelled by the U.S., in addition to its own nationals, Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré said Thursday on national television.
“Naturally, this proposal, which we...
The Trump administration has launched a pilot program that seeks to address visa overstays by charging bonds of up to $15,000 for citizens from seven African countries seeking to obtain visitors visas.
The State Department in a final ruling it published on Thursday, said by October 23, 2025 there will be a total of seven African countries on the pilot...
September 24th in Minneapolis and the weather was spectacular. Zar Electrik, a band out of the south of France and more deeply from Morocco and the Horn of Africa, still managed to entice a hundred people into the the darkened space of The Cedar Cultural Center.
Their show performed in low lights with a backdrop of colorful geometric images held...
A registered nurse and adjunct professor at St. Catherine University in St. Paul is the first to launch a campaign to succeed Rep. Cedrick Frazier in the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 43A.
Lyna Nyamwaya, 49, of New Hope, believes her years of experience in nursing and entrepreneurship have equipped her with the wisdom and compassion needed to...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey asked voters on Friday to elect him in November for a third and final term to continue what he said was the revival of the city.
In a forum hosted by Citizen’s League at the West Minister Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, the mayor said that he wanted to continue the revival of the city by improving...
By Gregory Gondwe
MULANJE, Malawi (AP) — Alex Maere survived the destruction of Cyclone Freddy when it tore through southern Malawi in 2023. His farm didn’t.
The 59-year-old saw decades of work disappear with the precious soil that the floods stripped from his small-scale farm in the foothills of Mount Mulanje.
He was used to producing a healthy 850 kilograms (1,870 pounds)...
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III asked the city’s voters to give him a third term when they go to the polls in November so that he could complete what he said was the great work he had started.
The mayor highlighted decreased homicide rates in recent years, infrastructure expansion, and housing development projects that began during his tenure as...
Just weeks before the registration period for the 2027 green card lottery is set to begin in early October, the U.S. Department of State announced on Tuesday that entry will no longer be free.
In a new rule published in the Federal Register, there will be a $1 fee to register for the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program effective September...
Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Xp Lee, a political ally to the late Speaker Melissa Hortman, will succeed her in representing District 34B at the Minnesota House of Representatives following a landslide win on Tuesday.
Lee, a Democrat, defeated Republican political newcomer Ruth Bittner by winning over 60 percent of the vote. Just over 26% of the district's 26,596...
Applying for a non-immigrant visa to the United States just got a bit more complicated this week after the U.S. Department of State announced sweeping new changes on September 6.
Effective immediately, all non-immigrant visa applicants must now schedule interviews in their country of nationality or residence. This effectively puts an end to a practice known as “third-country stamping” where...
