By Gregory Gondwe
MULANJE, Malawi (AP) — Alex Maere survived the destruction of Cyclone Freddy when it tore through southern Malawi in 2023. His farm didn’t.
The 59-year-old saw decades of work disappear with the precious soil that the floods stripped from his small-scale farm in the foothills of Mount Mulanje.
He was used to producing a healthy 850 kilograms (1,870 pounds)...
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III asked the city’s voters to give him a third term when they go to the polls in November so that he could complete what he said was the great work he had started.
The mayor highlighted decreased homicide rates in recent years, infrastructure expansion, and housing development projects that began during his tenure as...
Just weeks before the registration period for the 2027 green card lottery is set to begin in early October, the U.S. Department of State announced on Tuesday that entry will no longer be free.
In a new rule published in the Federal Register, there will be a $1 fee to register for the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program effective September...
Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Xp Lee, a political ally to the late Speaker Melissa Hortman, will succeed her in representing District 34B at the Minnesota House of Representatives following a landslide win on Tuesday.
Lee, a Democrat, defeated Republican political newcomer Ruth Bittner by winning over 60 percent of the vote. Just over 26% of the district's 26,596...
Applying for a non-immigrant visa to the United States just got a bit more complicated this week after the U.S. Department of State announced sweeping new changes on September 6.
Effective immediately, all non-immigrant visa applicants must now schedule interviews in their country of nationality or residence. This effectively puts an end to a practice known as “third-country stamping” where...
By Ope Adetayo and Edward Acquah
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A group of 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. arrived in Ghana, the country’s president said. The country joins Eswatini, Rwanda and South Sudan as African countries that have received migrants from third countries who were deported from the U.S., a controversial approach whose legality lawyers for the deportees...
S.H.A.K.E. is a community-centered, woman- and BIPOC-owned event and co-working space on the second floor of the restored Historic Coliseum Building. The enterprise provides inclusive office suites and flexible event venues that advance its mission where community-minded businesses prosper within the Longfellow neighborhood and the greater Twin Cities. We offer flexible month to month or longer lease terms including...
When Mike Kenyanya joined the student government at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, 10 years ago, he didn’t know it would one day lead to an appointment to the university’s board of regents. Back then, he was a freshman, not quite familiar with how the student government worked and had only joined the student organization out of curiosity.
“I wasn’t...
By Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira, Makiya Seminera and Collin Binkley
One international student after another told the University of Central Missouri this summer that they couldn’t get a visa, and many struggled to even land an interview for one.
Even though demand was just as high as ever, half as many new international graduate students showed up for fall classes compared to...
Despite the uncertainty the Trump administration’s trade policies have created, government officials, entrepreneurs, and business leaders of the African diaspora said there were still opportunities for trade and investments between Africa and the United States.
The leaders spoke at the United States-Africa Trade and Investment summit, which was held on Aug.1 in St. Paul by Minnesota Africans United (MAU). Steven...
With Democrats enjoying a one seat majority in the Minnesota Senate, a former DFL staffer turned businessman, Ian Oundo, on Thursday launched his own bid for the Legislature’s upper chamber to represent District 35.
The district includes Coon Rapids and Anoka. The election is on November 2026.
Oundo in a press release following his announcement touted his community organizing background and...
