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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The Minnesota International NGO Network (MINN) conference returns to the Twin Cities Thursday at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School, presenting local organizations with an opportunity to network, share ideas, and learn from each other.
According to a statement on MINN’s website, the annual summit “provides exciting professional development opportunities, offers insights, and sparks conversations that will propel international development...
The African Immigrant Professional Development Conference (AIPDC) returned to the Twin Cities Saturday, as professionals from the public and private sectors came together to find ways African immigrants can overcome barriers in career development.
“Navigating Change,” was the theme of this year’s conference, which was held at North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park. It sparked a conversation about how...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug and addressing charging practices that disproportionately impact people of color.
Biden’s move also covers thousands convicted of the crime in the District of Columbia. He is also calling on...
Ethiopian-Israeli singer Gili Yalo and his five-piece band Saturday got everyone on the dance floor hopping to music that blurs boundaries between blues, jazz, funk, reggae, and traditional Ethiopian.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I want to take you to Ethiopia. Do you want to come to Ethiopia?” he asked the audience during the Cedar Cultural Center concert. A few songs later,...
Tuareg music mixes electric blues with African and Middle-Eastern sounds. We can hear it live and up-close on Tuesday evening, October 11th at The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis when Imarhan climbs the stage-steps and delivers a sound they’ve been polishing since they were young boys in school.
Their first language is not English so Mshale’s interview with them was...
