What do you do in your office as a United States Senator?
As one of your two United States Senators, I have been working hard to pass laws that help all Minnesotans do better. My office also works with Minnesotans who need help navigating federal programs and services, including helping Minnesotans who are having trouble with issues such as immigration,...
Editor's note: Virunga opens November 7 on Netflix.
When filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel ("Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul") flew to the Congo to make a new documentary about mountain gorillas in the continent's largest national park, little did he know that a mounting civil war would yield a much more sprawling project with global implications.
The final result of the...
The recent Ebola case of Mr. Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas, Texas raises concern and fear in the West African Community, particularly in the Liberian Community, because of the stigma that Liberians are transporting Ebola to the United States. Today it is Mr. Duncan; tomorrow could be another West African, particularly a Liberian, since the Ebola epidemic is still...
An observer to a recent U.N. emergency meeting on the Ebola outbreak counted the seemingly sincere promises of help by government after government yet a pledge to airlift stricken African doctors and health workers to restorative health facilities was nowhere in the discussion.
“Despite all of the rhetoric seemingly laced with care and concern for the victims, the fact remains...
She meant for her son to get the vaccine but he was finally sleeping. The doctor said it was a special situation because they were traveling to visit family in Kenya, so he recommended that her son get his vaccine earlier than usual. She decided it could wait until they came back. They were just traveling to visit family...
The Loft's Poetry Out Loud program, coordinated by Loft Education Outreach Manager Kathryn Savage, presents an evening of readings centering on East African voices. The East African Voices event, an initiative of Savage’s, includes Congressman Keith Ellison who will be appearing to read from his book and relate the story of connecting with Minnesota State Poetry Out Loud champion...
Ishmael Nyangau Gitaa, a Mombasa businessman and benefactor, died unexpectedly Tuesday, September 2. He was 68.
He is survived by his wife Billiah, seven children and seven grandchildren.
He is the father to Mshale Founder and Publisher, Tom Gitaa and Target Corporation Analyst, Lillian Gitaa-Arandi. Gitaa confirmed he got the news of his father's passing late Tuesday and he was in...
Right now, there is an Ebola outbreak occurring in four West African countries – Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Nigeria. No one has contracted Ebola disease in the United States or Minnesota. The risk of catching Ebola disease is extremely low, but there are a lot of questions about the disease.
What is Ebola?
Ebola is caused by the Ebola virus....
KILIFI, Kenya - Books for Africa, the largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent countries has vowed to expand its books donation program to end the book shortages in the region.
According to the organization's Director of Diaspora Affairs, Mr Tom Gitaa, the United States based Books for Africa, which has been in existence for...
When Salif Keita stepped on stage as an 18 year old in Mali, West Africa, it was 1967. World headlines looked much the same as they do now: Israeli and Arab forces were at battle; racial violence in the United States troubled the population; and blacks were logging first-time statuses with Thurgood Marshall swearing in as first black US...
Did you know that younger teens need vaccines, too? As kids get older, the protection from their childhood vaccines begins to wear off. There are also new diseases that teens can come in contact with in this stage of their lives. Keep your teens healthy with the Tdap, meningococcal, HPV, and influenza vaccines.
Vaccines for teens
Tdap Vaccine
This vaccine protects against...
