Gone are the days where you had to have lived in Nairobi for a couple of years before you understood all the back roads and neighborhoods in order to get from one place to another. Kenya has an advantage in the fact that the only non-sales office in all of Africa for Google is here. When they create new tools, or customize a feature from the developing world, for Africa they do it here in their own backyard first.
Chimamanda Ngozi is an award winning author whose novels have catapulted her to international fame. Her new book, The Thing Around Your Neck, is a collection of twelve short stories about the Nigerian experience both in Nigeria and in the United States.
CDC Says HIV Infection is No Longer a Communicable Disease
Foreign nationals who are determined to have a “communicable disease of public health significance” are inadmissible to the United States, according to U.S. federal regulation. Those applying for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status or for an immigrant visa abroad must receive a medical examination to demonstrate they are not inadmissible on public health grounds.
When we accept Christ into our lives we don’t have to be worry. All anxieties and worry should be rolled over to the Lord. We have the ability to make a choice to focus on worry or inner peace.
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There has been a significant increase in the amount of domestic violence and domestic related incidents of harassment. Victims of violence are best advised to call the police right away or, in the alternative, seek help from several of the domestic abuse hotlines or county support agencies.
Amid the daily struggles of life in a new country and revelations of Somali youth leaving Minnesota to fight alongside a designated terrorist group, Somali-Minnesotans continue to show a tremendous strive to adjust life in Minnesota. Among the many graduating students of this year from Minnesota State University were Mohamed-Rashid Mumin and Hussein Wehelie.
Women of Zimbabwe (WOZA), a grassroots movement working to empower women from all walks of life to mobilize and take non-violent action against injustice has mobilized hundreds of demonstrations of thousands of women across Zimbabwe, motivating mothers to take a stand against the brutal repression and neglect committed by President Robert Mugabe's government.
Loans handed out to struggling small businesses as part of President Barack Obama's stimulus package have largely shut out minority businesses - especially those owned by Blacks and Latinos - according to data provided by the federal government's Small Business Administration (SBA) to New America Media (NAM).
NEW YORK - A Ugandan bill that proposes the death penalty for homosexuals has sparked international condemnation. Enraged opponents of the bill have been advocating that Uganda reject passing such a severe law.
Michael Joseph, CEO of Safaricom, East Africa's largest mobile phone provider based in Kenya spoke recently with Mshale's Shamilla Amulega, on the state of the mobile telephony industry in the region and strategies his company has taken to command the number one position it currently occupies.
Immigrant crime victims generally lack access to the criminal justice system because of language barriers, cultural differences, and ignorance about the process. Most of all, their fear of deportation and separation from family members discourages them from seeking police protection, shelter, medical care and other social services.