The coronavirus pandemic has posed many challenges for students in pursuance of their goals. However, students like Abdullahi Nor continue to strive for excellence even in the face of adversity. Recently, Abdullahi Nor received the Congress of Future Medical Leadership Award by The Congress of Future Medical Leaders and the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists.
This prestigious...
Ghana's ambassador to the United States, Dr. Barfour Adjei-Barwuah, will deliver a keynote address on September 24 at this year’s virtual Books for Africa celebration of its shipment of the 50 millionth book to Africa. The Saint Paul, Minnesota based organization is the largest shipper of donated school textbooks to the continent.
The 50 millionth book Kofi Loves Music authored...
Early voting in Minnesota officially begins on September 18 for the November 3 election. It will be the start of the state's 46-day period of absentee voting leading up to November election. Almost all cities in the state have at least one location you can go to in person and vote early in person and some have more than...
Public health professional Sahra Odowa is ready to be a policy maker. The DFL endorsed Shakopee resident is vying for a seat in the Minnesota Senate representing District 55. Odowa is facing two term incumbent Eric Pratt of the Republican party.
Odowa, who holds a master’s in Public Health was inspired to run for office through her experience working as...
Community organizer and nonprofit executive, Henry Momanyi, is challenging incumbent Brooklyn Park City Council member Susan Pha in this year’s general election in the city’s West District. The two successfully sailed through in last month’s primary and will face off on November 3.
Momanyi was inspired to run for the position from his work in the nonprofit sector. “I’ve been...
Long time Brooklyn Park resident Benjamin Osemenam is running for a seat on the city council, challenging the incumbent Lisa Jacobson in the November 3 general election representing the East District. Osemenam and Jacobson were the two that emerged from the August 11 primary to proceed to the general election. Osemenam, a native of Nigeria, has been a resident...
Brooklyn Center police are investigating an August 10 hacking of a virtual city council work session where racial obscenities were hurled at the council's members of color. The city's mayor is Liberian-born Mike Elliott, the first Black mayor of that city. April Graves and Marquita Butler are the other two Black council members. The council has five members, which...
Philanthropist and Minnesota resident Timon Bondo passed away on September 1 from cardiac arrest in his home in Rabondo Kenya. His exact age was unknown but was estimated to be in his 80s.
Bondo, a native of Kenya moved to Minnesota in the early 1960s to pursue an education at the University of Minnesota. He was a member of what...
Community organizer and longtime resident of Champlin, Samuel Mwangi has announced his bid for a seat as a council member for the city’s Ward 4. Mwangi hopes to bring a diverse voice that reflects the city’s demographics to the position.
Champlin is a northern suburb of Minneapolis neighboring Brooklyn Park. The city council has five members including the mayor, and...
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department through the Ryan White Program has grants available helps offset and eliminate the cost of HIV/AIDS medication. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), as well as...
MoneyGram, the Dallas based giant money transfer company is deepening its reach in Africa after signing a partnership with Airtel Africa that will see the mobile phone company's customers 19 million customers receive transfers directly into their mobile wallets. Airtel Africa operates in 14 African countries and has 19 million customers.
According to the World Bank, African diaspora remittances to...
