Temporary Protected Status for nationals of Somalia will be extended by 18 months effective March 18, 2014, according to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Rand Beers, in a statement to Mshale on Wednesday (Nov. 6).
About 470 Somalis applied for the last extension and redesignation in September 2012, according to a USCIS spokesperson.
Temporary Protected Status, or TPS as it is...
Abdi Warsame today (Nov. 5) became the first person born in Africa to become a Minneapolis City Council member. He beat incumbent Robert Lilligren handily to win the Ward 6 seat. Born in Somalia and raised in London, he is the executive director of the Riverside Tenants Association. The association advocates for the residents who live in the high...
Starting Oct. 31, T-Mobile customers with its Simple Choice plans will be able to send text messages and access data for free in about 100 countries. They can also make calls for 20¢ per minute.
Only five African nations are in the 115 countries that T-Mobile announced in the program. The five are Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Zambia.
T-Mobile...
There has been a lot of confusion about some recent notices to consumers from insurance companies that sell coverage in the individual insurance market, and I’d like to clear up the facts.
Today, more than 3 out of every 4 Americans get insurance from an employer, Medicare, Medicaid, or the Veterans Benefits Administration. Americans who purchase insurance on their own,...
Rokia Traore Interview with Melissa Block of NPR's All Things Considered - http://n.pr/16IBjsH.
Rokia Traoré, whose new album, Beautiful Africa, was released in the US recently, was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered. She spoke with host Melissa Block about the new album and the inspiration and influences behind its songs, which are sung in the Malian-born Traoré’s native languages...
By Shamlal Puri, Standard Newspaper
He is still a household name half a century after he carved himself a name by raising dust storms and churning mud on East Africa’s rugged highways and by-ways. To date, boys still mention ‘Jogida’ or ‘Jogida Sing’ whenever they see a car speeding away.
In Kenya, even for children who never witnessed his exploits on...
When my husband moved to Minnesota from Maine 17 years ago, he was met at the curb by our friend Tim, who handed him a voter registration card. As most Minnesotans know, voters have had the choice of filling out a registration card in advance or taking advantage of same-day registration at the polls. But late last week, it...
Solar-powered lanterns and cookstoves are among the practical approaches to expanding access to energy and decreasing reliance on fossil fuels in East Africa. They were among the topics in a discussion hosted by Stephanie Hemphill at the Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis on October 2. The meeting was sponsored by several social and environmental justice groups including the Sierra Club,...
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga of Kenya has blasted last week's African Union resolution on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as ill-advised and unfortunate. The African Union during an extraordinary session passed a resolution, following strong lobbying by Kenya that no sitting AU Head of State shall be required to appear before the international court or tribunal during their...
The City of Minneapolis will on Tuesday, October 22 dedicate the refurbished 3rd avenue bridge that goes over I-94 in South Minneapolis and will henceforth be known as “Sharon Sayles Belton Bridge” in honor of the first black mayor of Minneapolis, Sharon Sayles Belton. She was also the first and so far the only female mayor the city has...
Since the civil war erupted in Somalia more than two decades ago, thousands of families have flocked to the United States and left some of their loved ones in the war-ravaged country, which now has one of the highest unemployment rates in Sub-Saharan Africa.
With their minds on those left behind, Somali-Americans have been sending a share of their paychecks...