US President Barack Obama will host a summit with African leaders in August in a bid to strengthen trade and investment ties with the continent.
The White House announced Tuesday said the summit will take place August 5 and 6 in Washington.
There was no immediate word on which African leaders will attend the summit, but one report said the leaders...
Whether you’re married, single or divorced, Valentine’s Day’s emphasis on romance and the expectations it sparks can create more stress than joy for many people, says Dr. Jaime Kulaga, a practicing therapist and life coach.
“There can be pressure on Feb. 14 for anyone,” says Dr. Kulaga, author of “Type ‘S’uperWoman – Finding the Work-Life Balance: A Self-Searching Book for...
The Minneapolis based African Development Center this week confirmed Nasibu Sareva as its permanent executive director. The ADC board named him interim executive director last September following the August 25, 2013 death of the founding executive director, Hussein Samatar.
ADC said in a statement that Sareva was "was extremely successful after being appointed as the Interim Executive Director this past...
With his Beja heritage, Ahmed Said Abuamna from Eastern Sudan, brings the spellbinding music from his homeland to the Cedar Cultural Center this coming Wednesday, January 29th. Joining him with a second lyre, an instrument studied since 2009, Miguel Merino adds a touch of Americana flavor to the African sounds with rock-n-roll and bluesy notes.
Beja, an ethnic group descended...
Group will perform at the Ordway in St. Paul on February 9
South African traditional choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo tied with the Gipsy Kings for a Grammy win in the Best World Music Album category at the 56th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 26, during a live telecast on CBS. This is the group's fourth Grammy win.
The...
This year, Africans and Diaspora Africans across the globe have more of a reason to follow Hollywood movie awards than in any other year. In the past, when Africans watched movie award shows such as the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) or the Academy Awards – they hardly saw African faces, much less African nominees. Africa was...
By Hawa Noor, Intern & Emmanuel Kisiangani , Senior Researcher
Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS...
A new legal instrument allowing children or their representatives to file a complaint with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child is set to go into effect in April, following its final required ratification, the United Nations today announced.
Costa Rica became the tenth country to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of...
Like the Colorado River helped to sculpt the Grand Canyon, so Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits work to shape their musical landscape into a fluid work of beauty. Tuku will play back-to-back gigs at the Dakota Jazz Bar on Tuesday, January 21.
Tuku’s music flows from his guitar along with his gritty voice. He blends traditional with new, strumming...
The Cedar Cultural Center, Augsburg College and KFAI radio will host a benefit concert on Friday, January 24th to raise funds for the Somali-American victims and their families of the New Year’s Day fire on Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis. The fire took the lives of three residents of the apartments above 516 Cedar Ave S, destroyed the Otanga Grocery...
Donna Brazile, the first African-American to manage a presidential campaign when she was campaign manager for Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, will keynote this year's Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Breakfast at the Minneapolis Convention Center on January 20.
The Breakfast will bring together an estimated 2,000 supporters and will be an opportunity to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy...
