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Republicans remove only African-born member of Congress from Foreign Affairs Committee
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who got the job last month after the longest speaker’s election in American history since the eve of the Civil...
Biden’s U.S.-Africa policy might be something to celebrate, but not in Africa
To President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and perhaps most of the African leaders who traveled to Washington D.C. in December for the U.S.-Africa Leaders...
Glass ceiling at Minnesota state senate shatters as 3 Black women are sworn in
The 2023 swearing in of lawmakers who were elected to Minnesota’s state legislature was like no other before. The ceremony, which was held on...
President Hassan of Somalia meets diaspora in Minnesota, lays out roadmap for second term
Hours after attending the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington hosted by President Biden, Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud addressed a near capacity crowd of...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to visit Minnesota Thursday
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia will speak at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday, December 15 after attending a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit that...
Zaynab Mohamed smoothly sails to victory, as Momanyi-Hiltsley comes up short in Minnesota Democratic...
Zaynab Mohamed, a 24-year-old Somali immigrant who in December announced her candidacy to represent District 63 in the Minnesota state senate, will be the...
Meet Zaynab Mohamed, the Somali American woman running for Minnesota State Senate
When Zaynab Mohamed began visiting the Minnesota state legislature in St. Paul to advocate for her community, she noticed something very troubling.
“What inspired me...
‘Amazing feeling.’ 1st Somali mayor in US shares her vision
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Deqa Dhalac is the first Somali immigrant to become the mayor of a U.S. city, but she describes her rise...
How Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott’s African upbringing helped him deal with the fallout...
When 18-year-old Mike Elliott went to Brooklyn Center City Hall for a permit to hold a carwash fundraiser for his high school prom, he...
Minnesota’s Kenyan faith leaders increasing confidence, trust in COVID-19 vaccines
As the youth pastor at the Kenyan Community Church in Brooklyn Center, Ezra Kenyanya never thought he would play a role in providing COVID-19 vaccines to...
African immigrants flexed their political muscles in the 2020 U.S elections, not just as...
Six years ago, a 21-year-old Ethiopian refugee named Oballa Oballa walked into the mayor’s office in Austin, Minn., and asked what he could do...