Calling on the Kenyan authorities to avoid violence, the United Nations human rights chief today urged the Government to make an immediate announcement that it will cooperate and ensure accountability for reported abuse by security forces which has led to deaths and injures, including among children.
“Kenya is at a critical juncture,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid...
The following is a paid message by the coalition in Minnesota that is spreading the message about the effects of tobacco and especially menthol cigarettes on minority communities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDFseDzd63s
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Mshale) - Today, July 18, would have been the late Nelson Mandela's 99th birthday. The late Mandela fought for equality and democracy and spent 27 years in prison for his fight for the majority of black South Africans to participate in governing their country.
25 fellows with the Mandela Washington Fellowship, which is run by the U.S....
The History Theatre in St. Paul is seeking East African actors for a new play about Somali immigration. The play, A Crack In The Sky, is written by Ahmed Ismail Yusuf and Harrison David Rivers. It is directed by Faye Price
Audition dates are this coming Monday, July 10 and Tuesday July 11 from 5pm-8pm on both days at the...
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Monday called for strengthening the relationship between the African Union (AU) and the United Nations to deliver on promised development for Africa's youth.
Addressing her first African Union Summit since taking office, Ms. Mohammed said that the AU's thematic focus this year on youth is a “powerful reminder” of the core principle at the heart...
MINNEAPOLIS - The annual Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Awards honored former Obama administration’s Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Wednesday night for her more than three decades of work promoting the values of humanitarianism and responsible global engagement.
The awards are presented by the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
"I am...
The African Summer music series returns to the Twin Cities for a ninth year, celebrating the diversity in music and culture of Africa. The series will consist of three concerts throughout the summer with a free kick off performance from local Somali collective, HARBI, and Rahmo Rose Band at The Cedar Community Plaza at 11 AM on Friday, June...
In his administration’s budget that it has sent to the White House, the Trump administration’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget calls for mandating nationwide usage of the E-Verify system to reduce illegal employment. The system which is internet based, is currently voluntary except for those businesses that have government contracts. It compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility...
The Rumble in the Jungle is a gift that keeps on giving. The legendary 1974 heavyweight championship boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman yielded two superb documentary films, the Oscar-winning When We Were Kings (1996) and Soul Power (2008). The first unfolds on the drama surrounding the fight itself, complicated by an injury to Foreman that delayed...
Dr. Louise Bernard, who worked on the design team that developed the National Museum of African American History and Culture, has been named the Director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center, the planned presidential library of America's 44th president, Barack Obama.
David Simas, the CEO of the Obama Foundation said in a statement that he was excited with...
Secretary-General António Guterres and other senior United Nations officials have paid tribute to Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), who passed away suddenly this morning at the age of 68.
“Dr. Osotimehin was admired globally for his leadership of the UN Population Fund and for his forceful advocacy for the world's
women and girls in particular,”...
