Abdullahi Awil Abdi’s death presents Somali immigrants with an opportunity to resolve cultural conflicts and unite a community many feel is neglected by governments.
A recent report by the Minnesota Department of Health, the “HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report” says that the number of new HIV infections has increased among all state demographics including African-born immigrants.
MINNEAPOLIS – A Christian university based in Nairobi is opening a science and technology center in an effort to steer its graduates towards building an industrialized Kenya, the institution’s chancellor said.
Global warming is a reality and not a myth. That is why I strongly advocate for Africa’s active participation in joining the global coalitions addressing this important issue as it is our planet and our lives that are at stake.
Global warming is a reality and not a myth. That is why I strongly advocate for Africa’s active participation in joining the global coalitions addressing this important issue as it is our planet and our lives that are at stake.
Accordingto urban mythology, Nollywood, as the Nigerian film industry has been dubbed,owes its birth partly to an excess of blank videotapes that flooded the Lagos streets in 1992. The source: a single businessman.
MINNEAPOLIS — Before the firstlight shines over the Mississippi River, Siyad Salah is already on the roadoutside Minneapolis,driving a taxicab for a living. By early afternoon, he’s carrying around hisvideo camera, interviewing and shooting images for his volunteer work at alocal Somali television station.
When refugees arrive in the United States they can encounter many new foods, including chips, soda, candy and fast food. For some refugees this food represents a new life and they eat too much of it.
Spring is a great time to clean out that growing mountain of tax and financial papers that clutters your home and office. Here's what you need to keep and what you canthrow out without fearing the wrath of the IRS.
While permanent residents may reside in the United States without ever becoming citizens, they do not have all the rights and privileges that U.S. citizens have. For example, permanent residents may be barred from re-entering the United States or be removed from the United States if they are convicted of certain crimes, especially aggravated felonies.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Recent nets cast by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) captured hundreds of undocumented immigrants at worksites nationwide. In their wake, say immigrant rights advocates, family members and attorneys for those arrested struggle to find their loved ones and clients. As ICE expands, though, so will the deportations, the so-called "golden measure" of its success.