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Hussein Samatar, founder of the African Development Center, dies at 45

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Hussein Samatar, a Somali-American former banker turned entrepreneur and politician, died yesterday (Sunday, August 25, 2013) following complications from leukemia. He was 45. His death...

Hussein Samatar Appointed to Minneapolis Library Board

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The same day Central Connecticut State University in New Britain released a study ranking Minneapolis as the second most literate city in the country, the newly reelected mayor of that city, RT Rybak, appointed Hussein Samatar, a Somali businessman to the Minneapolis Library board on November 29.

Minneapolis dedicates Samatar Crossing

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Minneapolis welcomed a new connection between the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood and downtown Minneapolis, a pathway called Samatar Crossing, with a ribbon cutting celebration on site....

Samatar Kicks Off Campaign for Minneapolis School Board

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Local businessman and community organizer Hussein Samatar announced his candidacy for the Minneapolis Public Schools Board – District 3, during his campaign kick-off Thursday at Mapps Café in the heart of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.

African Development Center receives $1 million grant from Otto Bremer Trust

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The African Development Center received a million-dollar funding grant from the Otto Bremer Trust. The donation came after years long relationship with the organization...

Mshale Editorial: The growing influence of Africa-born politicians in Minnesota politics

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Editor's note: This editorial first appeared in the February print edition of Mshale. Last month after the swearing-in into office of a historic number of...

African Development Center names Nasibu Sareva as permanent Executive Director

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The Minneapolis based African Development Center this week confirmed Nasibu Sareva as its permanent executive director. The ADC board named him interim executive director...

Nasibu Sareva named Interim Executive Director at African Development Center

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Nasibu Sareva, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the African Development Center (ADC) has been named Interim Executive Director by the center's board following...

Minnesota conference to discuss trade with Africa

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Doing business in Africa and how education and workforce development intersect will be the subject of a high level conference on December 7 at the University of Minnesota's Carlson Global Institute.

Somali community celebrates graduates

Friends, families and community leaders gathered at Augsburg College recently for Waxbaro Project’s second annual graduation ceremony to celebrate the achievements of the Somali youth graduates.The speakers and the panelists spoke in both English and Somali.

Access Denied: Somali Soccer Tournament Organizers Shut Out Mainstream Media

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Organizers of this year’s Somali Independence Day soccer tournament barred a section of Twin Cities mainstream media from reporting on the scene accusing them of a continuous “negative publicity and profiling of the community in a bad light”. The tournament’s spokesperson Abdirizack Ismail Said Maashal, told Mshale of his doubts regarding mainstream media’s sincerity in their renewed interest in the community after ignoring pleas from organizers in the last six years to cover the tournament.