East Africans who came out to caucus on Tuesday night were met with long lines at the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis as was the case in caucus sites around the state.
At the presidential level, Bernie Sanders cruised to an easy victory at Brian Coyle. But the interesting aspect of the evening that animated many of those who came...
Months after U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger launched a $1 million dollar program to counter the recruitment and radicalization of young Muslims in Minnesota, tension and division still exists within the Minnesota Somali community who are the primary target of the program.
A community meeting called by Mohamed Mohamed, executive director of the West Bank Community Coalition on Monday was exhibit...
The Brooklyn Park City Council voted 5-2 on Monday evening (Feb. 22) to give municipal consent to the Blue Line Extension, a 13-mile light rail that will link downtown Minneapolis from Target Field to Brooklyn Park. Currently, the Blue Line which originates at the Mall of America terminates at Target Field as does the Green Line which originates in...
Godson Sowah, who serves as chair for Mshale’s African Awards Judges Panel, was recently awarded the Young Professional of the Year Award. The award, given by the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals (YPro) was awarded to Sowah who works as an Advisory Manager at Ernst & Young. He was selected out of 10 finalists, and was...
Somali American Parent Association (SAPA) will hold its annual gala at the Minneapolis Central Library on Saturday, March 19.
This will be the organization’s second annual gala.“Community Resilience” is the theme of this year's celebration. SAPA’s first annual gathering attracted more than 70 attendees and featured Assistant Commissioner of Education, Hue Nguyen and City Council member, Abdi Warsame. “Educating Families,...
The Twin Cities has finally gotten lucky and will play host to the heir of a Mauritanian Griot lineage stretching back untold generations.
The Cedar will host Noura Mint Seymali on Friday, February 19 for one show.
She is the daughter of Seymali Ould Mouhamed Val, a revered scholar-musician credited as the first person to apply written notation to folk music...
With discussions about mental health spreading across the African immigrant community and especially among the refugee communities, the Somali Mental Health Foundation and the Somali Mental Health Professionals Network have decided to come together to address the issue.
“Unlinking the Chains: Making Global Mental Health a Priority” will be hosted at the University of Minnesota on July 16. The conference...
The most senior United Nations officials are urging the world to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2030, calling it a “violent practice” that scars girls for life, endangering their health, depriving them of their rights, and denying them the chance to reach their full potential.
“Never before has it been more urgent – or more possible – to end...
New and increasingly strict state and county voting laws are threatening to cut off a growing number of Americans from their right to vote as primary season opens.
Ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by lack of access to polling sites, voter ID requirements, and lack of language assistance, just as experts claim these groups are gaining political clout.
Since the 2010...
As the civil war in South Sudan has worsened, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) last week announced the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of South Sudan. TPS is a special designation that US immigration authorities provide to a country's nationals when certain emergencies arise in that country if those nationals are already present in United...
After a five year hiatus, two-time Grammy Award winner, Angelique Kidjo, will be back in the Twin Cities on Sunday, April 24.
The “Queen of African Music" will perform at The O’Shaughnessy on the main campus of St. Catherine University in St. Paul.
She is the reigning World Music winner at the Grammy's having just won at the 57th Grammys in...
