Measles kills 400 children in the world every day. It is very contagious and travels easily from one continent to another. But, there is something you can do to protect you and your family – get vaccinated.
If you are traveling overseas, make sure that you and your children are up-to-date on your measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (called MMR)....
The City of Brooklyn Park held its first of two public hearings on the proposed Blue Line Extension on Monday, January 25th at the Brooklyn Park City Hall. The proposed 13 mile extension of the existing METRO Blue Line would extend from downtown Minneapolis through north Minneapolis, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Crystal and Brooklyn Park, serving the northwest Twin Cities.”...
The Little Africa initiative, spearheaded by project leader Gene Gelgelu, held its first arts, open mic and dialogue series this past Wednesday, January 20th. The free event, held at the Snelling Cafe in St. Paul’s Hamline-Midway neighborhood drew a varying crowd of 50-60 people, the majority of whom were of African descent.
Little Africa is “a branding and marketing campaign...
The present composition of the United Nations is a thorn in the side of some African leaders who question why none of the five permanent members to the Security Council is a black African.
The Security Council is a powerful decision-making body within the house of nations. It is charged with maintaining global peace, admitting members to the UN and...
Club Balattou is tiny. You walk in off St. Laurent, one of Montreal’s main drags, and you’re looking directly at musicians on stage just ahead to the right. In fact, you have to walk right in front of the stage to get a drink at the bar. Little has changed here over the years. Same mirrors on the ceiling...
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (Mshale) - Hundreds of community members and high ranking State of Minnesota government employees gathered a week before Christmas to remember a man they described as a loving father, dedicated employee and erstwhile union leader.
Henry T. McCabe, a Minnesota Department of Revenue Corporate Auditor, who had been missing for almost a month was discovered dead on...
ST.LOUIS PARK, Minn. (Mshale) - Before the keynote speaker took the podium at a local hotel Saturday on the occasion of Kenya's 52 years of independence (Jamhuri Day), the evening's master of ceremonies, Lillian Otieno, invited the chair of the planning committee, Geoffrey Gichana, to introduce the committee.
Gichana introduced the committee and described it as "a committed group of...
As a parent, you do everything you can to keep your child healthy. Keeping your child healthy starts before they are born. When you’re pregnant, you take vitamins, avoid things that can harm your unborn baby, and make sure you get exercise and extra rest. Did you know that another healthy thing to do is to get vaccinated before...
A coalition of African immigrants is holding its annual African World Aids Day (AWAD) on Saturday, December 5 at the Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis. The theme this year is "PrEP the Pill to Stop HIV?".
It runs 12pm to 4pm and is free and open to the public.
The event, now its 12th year, comes amid a new report by...
The Minnesota Department of Health has ordered the retesting of 569 nursing assistants who took their test to become federally qualified nursing assistants at Inver Hills Community College Center for Professional and Workforce Development and its satellite location at Blue Sky Online in West St. Paul between May 1, 2014, and October 16, 2015.
Nursing assistants who took the tests...
Senegal plans to become the fifth African country to ban Muslim women from wearing the full-face Islamic veil – known as the burqa - in public. The move is an attempt to curb extreme Islamic activity.
According to the interior minister Abdoulaye Daouda, the decision should not be seen as anti-Islamic, especially because Senegal was a mainly Muslim state.
If the...
