Earlier this month, Zewdu Negash sat in the lobby of a Minneapolis homeless shelter with a pile of credentials detailing a two-decade experience as a legal professional in Ethiopia.
The résumés showed that Negash has indeed been a well-established legal expert: a prosecutor for the Ethiopian government, an attorney with several private institutions, a judge in Addis Ababa and a...
An Apple Valley Minnesota resident, Brigadier General Jon Jensen, has taken over an additional role as the Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army Africa. Jensen is the Director of the Joint Staff for the Minnesota National Guard and will continue in that role in addition to his new responsibilities at U.S. Army Africa.
U.S. Army Africa, also known as the...
The Kenya Embassy in Washington this morning issued a reminder to its nationals living in the United States about the impending expiration of a one month amnesty extended for those in the diaspora by that country's Higher Education Loans Board. The amnesty expires in four days, the release said.
HELB, as it is known, is a state corporation that finances...
African Awards Gala & Red Carpet Photo Gallery: GO HERE.
MINNEAPOLIS - Ask me to describe the African Awards in one word? Inspiring. No other word comes close to describing the atmosphere, the awards, the attendees or all the outstanding nominees for this year’s 5th Annual African Awards hosted at the Minneapolis Convention Center. This past Saturday after the votes...
For two mornings in November runners and aspiring world record holders will get a chance to train with Kenyan world champion runners, Wilson Kipsang and Abel Kirui. The event, billed as A Day With the Champions, is being put on by Minneapolis based Warriors Edge Athletics. An organization that “creates unique events by bringing professional athletes to clinics where...
LONG BEACH, Calif.- Two years ago, everything seemed to fall into place for Chando Kem, from his mental state to his work and love life.
That was when the Long Beach resident applied for and received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that grants certain undocumented youth temporary relief from deportation, a social security number, and a permit...
Full story on the 5th African Awards Gala and Red Carpet event.
Mshale photographer Mamadou Moustapha Ka was on hand to capture images of the Mshale Newspaper produced 5th African Awards Gala and Red Carpet event. It was keynoted by David Kobia, Co-Founder of Ushaidi and MIT Humanitarian of the Year.
The news of the suspension of longtime Twin Cities attorney Herbert Igbanugo hit the community like a thunderbolt this past May. The Minnesota Supreme Court suspended the high profile Mr. Igbanugo for three months.
Attorneys, like in most other sensitive professions like medicine, have disciplinary action against them made public.
Mshale was unaware that there was an ethics complaint against him...
If you are living with a long-term health condition like asthma, COPD, diabetes or heart disease, you take steps every day to stay healthy by taking your medicine, carrying an inhaler, eating right, or monitoring your blood sugar and cholesterol. But did you know that there is something else you can do just once a year to keep yourself...
The small chartreuse and white building on the corner of East Lake Street and Stevens Avenue might be easy to miss, but what goes on inside might well become a model for solving the problem of fresh produce and healthier foods in lower income neighborhoods. The Good Grocer, a new kind of neighborhood co-op that opened June 15, is...
ST.PAUL, Minn. - In partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health, the Somali American Parent Association hosted the East African Mental Conference Thursday at Ties Event Center focusing on dissemination of latest research and promising practices on adult mental health in the Somali community and other East African communities.
More than 200 people attended the conference to talk about issues...
