The traveling route from Mali to Côte d’Ivoire to Senegal form an isosceles triangle and would take days if not weeks to travel. The Cedar Cultural Center is making it easy on us to figuratively book the trip by hosting an evening in the middle of the week featuring musicians from all three countries.
On Wednesday, November 13th, Habib Koité,...
Hennepin Healthcare System has appointed Mohamed Omar as its first Somali Board of Directors chairman since the system began operating as Minneapolis City Hospital in 1887.
Mr. Omar is the chief administrative officer for the 141-year-old Minneapolis-based Washburn Center for Children, and was previously the controller and chief accountant at the Metropolitan Council.
Hennepin Healthcare System (HHS), is a public corporation...
Brookly Park City Councilmember Boyd Morson censure came up for a six-month review at the October 14 council meeting. He has been censured twice – in March 2022 and again in April 2024.
At the Council meeting last week, after a lengthy discussion, members decided to keep the censure in place because Councilmember Morson has continued to violate terms of...
The city of Brooklyn Park celebrated the second year of its relationship with Udu, a Nigerian urban center that became a sister city in 2023.
The ceremony, which took place recently at Hennepin Community College, featured various performances including dance, spoken word, and a townhall-style conversation with award-winning Nigerian actor, writer and producer, Richard Mofe-Damijo. Mofe-Damijo, who in the past...
The Minnesota Somali Community Center hosted its annual Samafal Gala on Saturday night in Columbia Heights.
Hundreds gathered to honor community healthcare providers and healthcare entrepreneurs involved in addressing the opioid epidemic facing the Somali community, as well as elected officials that have championed the interests of the community at the Legislature.
The honorees were recognized for embodying the spirit of...
While Twins fans were watching their team lose to the Marlins a few blocks away, fans of Richard Bona were luxuriating in his winsome music at The Dakota on Thursday, September 26th.
Watching Cameroonian Bona and his band play was equally as exciting as watching a sporting event. There was constant communication—a smile, a raised eyebrow, a shoulder shrug—between Bona...
A group of Somali American imams, scholars and other leaders have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president because another Donald Trump presidency would be too devastating to their community, they said.
The coalition of 35 religious leaders and scholars endorsed Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, following a recent three-day summit in St. Cloud, about 75...
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood visited Minneapolis last week to join U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar, who represents the area, to rally supporters for Vice President Kamala Harris in her White House bid. The two were joined by Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in a Sunday “Women of Color for Harris Brunch.”
“When we vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, we have...
Shadrack Kimining, 28, of Kenya won the 2024 Twin Cities Marathon men’s race Sunday with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 17 seconds beating Eritrean Tesfu Tewelde by just four seconds. In the women’s race, Molly Bookmyer, 33, of Ohio, took first place with a time of 2 hours, 28 minutes, and 52 seconds.
The 26.2-mile race started...
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58.
His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor. The NBA said he died surrounded...
Republican Senator JD Vance of Ohio and Democratic Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, faced off in the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election on Tuesday night, which began with a measured tone but eventually escalated into a combative exchange. The debate, which CBS News hosted at their Broadcast Center in New York and Norah O’Donnell and Margaret...