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Somali-Americans send estimated annual $215 million in remittances
Since the civil war erupted in Somalia more than two decades ago, thousands of families have flocked to the United States and left some...
China a hot topic at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit
CHICAGO - An undercurrent of China's influence in Africa has become a topic of intense conversation at the 9th biennial US-Africa business summit which...
Nollywood goes global as filmmakers scramble for cash
Obi Emelonye had to battle Lagos airport bureaucrats, indifferent banks and skeptical peers to release his plane-crash thriller, a movie production on a scale...
Nelson Mandela Day to be observed in Minnesota on July 18
The Minnesota African American Museum (MAAM) has been designated as one of the official United States locations, by South Africa's embassy, to host in...
Dr. Edwin Bogonko takes over as president of the Twin Cities Medical Society
Dr. Edwin Bogonko, a former Kenya Medical Association secretary was last night installed as president of the 5,000 member Twin Cities Medical Society, the...
More Somali-Americans return home for job opportunities and nation building
When the civil war erupted in Somalia more than two decades ago, Abdi Daud left everything he had known and loved about the country...
At Global Diaspora Forum Clinton urges turning ‘Brain Drain’ into ‘Brain Gain’
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recognized on Wednesday the crucial role of diaspora communities in national and global development efforts, emphasizing their potential to...
University Avenue corridor to be called ‘Little Africa’
Too often, people pass by the businesses on Snelling Avenue, near University in St. Paul, without stopping.
As one way to change that, the African...
‘Low-cost’ airfares coming to Africa this summer
FastJet, the pan-African low-cost carrier planned by EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, expects to launch operations in three to four months, chief executive-designate Ed Winter...
Bottineau Transitway: A Mobile Guided Tour
The call came through around 2pm last Friday. I was on a conference call
with a client so I let it go to voicemail. It was Wynfred Russell. He
is the executive director of ACER (African Career, Education &
Resource, Inc.), a Brooklyn Park nonprofit. He was reminding me the next
day was the daylong tour of the proposed Bottineau transitway. I had it
in my calendar but for some reason I had assumed it was on a weekday
and not a weekend. I normally run two marathons during the year and
practice season is in high gear around this time of year.
Liberia’s Vice President, Joseph Boakai, to visit Minnesota June 17
The Vice President of Liberia, Joseph Boakai, will Friday, June 17, pay a one-day working visit to Minnesota at the invitation of the African Career, Education & Resource, Inc. in conjunction with the Liberian Ministers Association, and the Organization of Liberians in Minnesota.