The U.S. government agency that oversees immigration applications is launching an office that will focus on identifying Americans who are suspected of cheating to get their citizenship and seek to strip them of it.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna told The Associated Press in an interview that his agency is hiring several dozen lawyers and immigration...
Fans of African music in the Twin Cities have reason to celebrate this summer. Not only is the Cedar Cultural Center bringing back its annual "African Summer" music series which features artists from Africa but there will be a double dose this year with downtown Minneapolis playing host to "Music for Mandela" courtesy of the Minnesota Orchestra through its...
Minnesota governor Mark Dayton has appointed Oluwagbenga Ogungbe to the Board of the Minnesota State Academies. The Minnesota State Academies exist to provide an accessible, standards-based education for students who are blind and/or deaf, including those with additional disabilities for success in an ever-changing world.
A statement from the governor's office sent to Mshale announcing the appointment said Mr. Ogungbe's...
Dr. Roselyn Akombe, the Chief of Policy, Guidance and Learning at the United Nations Department of Political affairs in New York will be the keynote speaker on June 30 at the Minnesota Kenyans International Development Agency (MKIDA)’s graduation gala. The event starts at 5 pm, at the Double Tree Hotel in Brooklyn Center. The annual gala honors those who...
MINNEAPOLIS (Mshale) - Minnesota State Representative Ilhan Omar officially launched her campaign for Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District seat last night at the Mixed Blood Theater in Cedar-Riverside. Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District includes Minneapolis and the suburbs of Brooklyn Center and St. Louis Park.
The seat became vacant after the incumbent, Congressman Keith Ellison, launched a surprise bid to become Minnesota’s attorney...
Acclaimed reggae star Ras Kimono will be remembered for his contribution to the elevation of reggae in Nigeria.
Ras Kimono, known for the hit singles ‘Under pressure’ and ‘We no want’, was scheduled to travel to the United States on Saturday night, but complained of not feeling well.
Born Ukeleke Elumelu Onwubuya, Ras Kimono, alongside his Massive Dread Band, won several...
Leave it to three young European scholars to upend “world music” marketing conventions and create a product that defies current formats, pairing the newly emergent vinyl disc with a magazine offering a decidedly old-school deep dive into the history and personalities surrounding a similarly old-school and all-but-forgotten music genre from East Africa: Kenyan benga.
On the one hand, FLEE’s maiden release seeks...
The federal government is temporarily expanding its student loan forgiveness program.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, federal student loan borrowers may be reconsidered for loan forgiveness through an expansion of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.
Dr. Alana Bibeau, a lecturer at the University of Rhode Island, recently realized she made almost ten years worth of student loan...
The funeral details for the late pastor Charles Garjay Goah of the United Christian Fellowship Church have been released by the planning committe arranging it through a statement to Mshale by Reverend Francis Tabla.
Pastor Goah died of cancer on May 10. Read more at this Mshale obituary and remembrance.
The public will be able to pay their respects starting with...
Charles Garjay Goah, a beloved Liberian-American pastor who delivered the gospel to many as the longtime pastor of United Christian Fellowship Church in Minneapolis' North Side, died on May 10. He was 55.
The cause was cancer, his wife of 20 years said.
For over two decades, pastor Goah led a ministry credited with winning converts with a style that went...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Monday that thousands of Permanent Resident cards will be recalled because of a production error.
The federal immigration agency said in a news release approximately 8,543 Green Cards will need to be returned because they were printed with an incorrect “Resident Since” date.
Those affected were spouses of U.S. citizens approved for Form I-751, a...
