Children in Minnesota are not getting their needed vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic. For a while, people were told to avoid going to clinics if they were not sick and many clinics were not seeing patients in person. When clinics were closed, families had to adjust to online visits. These changes caused many families to avoid scheduling appointments, including...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania are among African countries that have relaxed restrictions on international air travel into their countries, while, Malawi, Namibia and Nigeria this week said they will be opening up soon. Nigeria was set to resume international flights tomorrow (Aug. 29) but has delayed that action by another week.
The closure...
On Monday (Aug. 23) Minnesota started accepting applications for rental and housing assistance to eligible renters and homeowners through the COVID-19 Housing Assistance program.
The $100M program, which is funded through the Coronavirus Relief Fund, as part of the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, commonly known as the CARES Act, will help Minnesotans who qualify to cover...
Entrepreneur and community organizer Ukasha Dakane is the latest candidate running for a seat on the Edina City Council. There are two open seats with the two incumbents not seeking reelection. Seven candidates had filed by the filing closing date of August 11, four of them from communities of color.
Dakane, a seven-year resident of Edina where he lives with...
There are about 60,000 jobs posted in Minnesota right now. Minnesota employers are hiring. But jobs in demand now have shifted in some cases from those in demand pre-pandemic. Sometimes landing one of those jobs in demand now means getting prepared with additional training.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), together with its workforce development partners, wants...
Minnesota state employee and longtime Edina resident Janet Kitui announced her run for one of two Edina City Council seats in the November 3 election. This is her second bid for a council seat.
Kitui, who is running on a platform of affordable housing, racial equity, and sustainable growth, took time recently to talk to Mshale about her background and...
On Sunday afternoon, Mwanyagetinge installed Huldah Nyamisa Momanyi-Hiltsley as its president in a COVID-19 influenced social distancing ceremony presided over by Japheth Kimaiga, the organization’s advisory committee chairman. The ceremony was streamed online for the membership via KJTV. Mwanyagetinge is the largest organized group of Kenyans in Minnesota that draws members from the state’s large Abagusii community. With the...
Jamal Osman is the new Minneapolis Sixth Ward City Council following Tuesday's special election after the city released unofficial results this morning. The city uses Ranked Choice Voting for city elections and needed an extra two days for the tabulation and arrival of mail-in ballots.
The vacant seat drew an original twelve candidates with one Mohamoud Hassan dropping out before...
It was a good night to be an African immigrant candidate in Minnesota’s primary election on Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar was able to stave off a strong primary challenge from Antone Melton-Meaux to emerge tops with 57 percent of the votes to the challenger's 39 percent. The victory positions her for an expected win in the November 3...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has won the Minnesota Fifth District DFL primary in a convincing fashion beating her well-financed and closest challenger, Antone Melton-Meaux, with 58 percent to his 40 percent. Opensecrets.org lists $2.5 million used by outside groups to target Omar in the lead up to the primary.
The Omar vs. Melton-Meaux campagn is the most expensive campaign in...
Yaa Asantewaa, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Wangari Maathai, Ann Nzingha and others are names that readers of Mshale will be very familiar with, many of them having been educated in Africa and taught the history of its people. Those are four names of great African women during different periods in African history. The most recent of the four being Wangari Maathai....
