Your child has been home from school for three days with a cough, runny nose, and fever. You’ve had to miss work to take care of him and are worried that you’ll have to miss a couple more days. This is a common situation that families experience during influenza (flu) season because influenza can make people feel miserable for...
BY REBECCA LEBER AND ESTHER YU-HSI LEE
Despite a landmark comprehensive immigration reform bill that cleared the Senate in June, a corresponding bill that addresses the 11.7 million undocumented immigrants in the United States has yet to come to a vote in the House. In fact, the only immigration-related bill that House members brought to a floor vote was a measure to pave the way for deporting...
Jacob Okioma gospel CD release for his debut CD, Niko na Imani (Swahili for I Have Faith), at the Kenya Community Church in Brooklyn Center brought out friends, family and members of the wider Kenyan church faithful in Minnesota to hear the local church elder. It was a capacity crowd with the 350-seat capacity sanctuary full and an overflow...
The rapidly growing Crown Medical Center with clinics in Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park has added a 20 year veteran of medicine, Dr. Rita Wallace-Reed to its roster of physicians.
Dr. Reed, originally from Ghana, is a graduate of the University of the Ghana Medical School which she followed with an internship in Surgery and Internal Medicine. She spent part of...
Kenya marked 50 years of independence yesterday (December 12). Jambo Africa Restaurant in Brooklyn Center is hosting a buffet of Kenyan dishes for both Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 14 and 15) to mark the occasion, according to the proprietors, Simone Acolatse and George (Jojo) Ndege.
There will be a lunch and dinner buffet on both days with lunch starting at...
A public memorial service for the late President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela will be held by Minnesotans on Saturday, December 14, at 1:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in the state's capital city of Saint Paul.
The memorial service will feature remarks from elected leaders including US Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Congressman Keith Ellison, the mayors of the...
July 18, 1918
Born
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born in the Umtata district of Transkei, the son of a tribal chief.
1942
Education
Mandela receives his law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, located in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1944
ANC Youth League
Helps form the ANC Youth League with Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu. Marries Evelyn Mase, Sisulu's cousin.
1948
Apartheid
The National Party comes to power in South Africa and implements...
I’m writing to express my concern and raise awareness about the forceful evictions that happened on 10 May 2013 to the people living at the City Carton informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. No one should be evicted against their will, no matter their geographical location. Involuntary evictions are illegal under international and regional human rights law. Individuals living in...
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomed today a $12 billion commitment by international partners to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at its fourth replenishment meeting in Washington, DC.
“Support for the Global Fund comes at a crucial point – in many parts of the world we are entering into a ‘make or break’ point in...
Black Uhuru - one of Jamaica's oldest and most successful reggae bands will perform at the Cedar in Minneapolis this Sunday, November 24. Uhuru is a Swahili word for freedom. One of their successful hits that is popular in Africa is World is Africa.
The band was formed in 1972 with a line-up of musicians that included Garth Dennis, Derrick...
Only two weeks ago Abdi Warsame was elected to the Minneapolis City Council, becoming the highest-ranked elected official of Somali decent in the country. The overwhelming support he received reflects the power in numbers held by African immigrant communities on the brink of a new realm of civic engagement.
The official launch of Little Africa St. Paul, a budding business...
