The 3rd National African Leadership Conference, which will take place Dec. 8-9, announced its lineup of keynote speakers during a Wednesday press conference at the offices of African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS) in St. Paul.
Law professor and former director of the Kenyan anti-corruption agency, PLO Lumumba and Girls Taking Action founder and president, Dr. Verna Cornelia Price, will keynote...
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Some poll workers in North Dakota who created confusion and frustration during the spring primary by allegedly demanding proof of U.S. citizenship particularly from immigrants and people of color had no power to do so, the state attorney general said.
Attorney General Drew Wrigley said in a five-page document released late Wednesday that North Dakota law...
A political action committee opposing the Brooklyn Center mayoral candidacy of incumbent Mike Elliott has launched as residents in the two weeks leading to the Nov. 8 election started receiving mailers supporting his opponent, April Graves, and two allied City Council candidates, Teneshia Kragness and Dan Jerzak.
Citizens for Safer Cities registered with the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board on October...
Collins Oppong thinks taking up golf could improve the economic and social wellbeing of the African community. The Ghanaian-born podcast host and media development consultant, hosted the inaugural Beyond End of Season Golf Invitational on Saturday at the Crystal Lake Golf Club in Lakeville, Minnesota. Oppong established the tournament to fulfill his vision of seeing Africans connect over golf,...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott joined other leaders for the ribbon-cutting and dedication of Masjid Al-Ansar in Brooklyn Center on Saturday, October 13, 2022. The mosque's congregation is mostly West African immigrants and it is located just steps from the corporate headquarters of Caribou Coffee. Read full story on the grand opening and...
Attorney General Keith Ellison and Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott joined members of the West African Muslim community in the Twin Cities on Saturday to celebrate the grand opening of Masjid Al-Ansar in Brooklyn Center - a project three years in the making.
The mosque at 4900 France Ave. provided a backdrop for a colorful ribbon-cutting ceremony as proud community...
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) would be a lot more effective if they included more people from the communities they serve in their leadership, according the director of an NGO based in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Abraham Leno, who was born in Sierra Leone and spent 11 years with his family as a refugee in Guinea, is now the executive director...
Imarhan took us to another land where music is the only currency and they throw out $100 bills like candy. Imagine standing in the audience, catching those notes, your giddy joy at such fortune.
It definitely felt wonderful Tuesday evening at The Cedar Culture Center hearing Tuareg music played by this Algerian desert band. They were all about the music,...
The U.S. on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 boosters for children as young as 5, seeking to expand protection ahead of an expected winter wave.
Tweaked boosters rolled out for Americans 12 and older last month, doses modified to target today’s most common and contagious omicron relative. While there wasn’t a big rush, federal health officials are urging that people seek...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar today presented a joint check of $1,000,000 to African Career Education and Resources (ACER) and Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Accion Latina (COPAL) at a ceremony held at the Brookdale Library in Brooklyn Center.
The funding is part of a $17M congressional appropriation that Rep. Omar secured for ten projects in her Fifth Congressional District...
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