As Minnesotans are gearing up to head to the polls for super Tuesday, local leaders and politicians are voicing their picks on the democratic presidential nominee. This past week, a group of local leaders shared their endorsement for presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg.
Among the Buttigieg supporters is local immigration lawyer Paschal Nwokocha. Mr. Nwokocha first made history as the first...
Beginning this coming Monday, February 24, legal immigrants in the United States wanting to adjust their status to legal permanent residents (Green Cards) and have received public benefits, will face new hurdles as part of the Trump administration’s policy of curbing legal immigration. It does not affect those in Illinois as there is still a separate case pending in...
MINNEAPOLIS - More than 100 people, drawn from the government and business community, witnessed the launch of a new statewide association that seeks to address and service the needs of Minnesota's healthcare businesses owned by African immigrants.
The African Health Care Providers Association (AHCPA) was unveiled on Saturday, offering members the chance to sign up to its stated goals of...
BROOKLYN CENTER - Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott, joined by officials from the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce, this morning presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Xfinity store in his city. The new store is located across the Brooklyn Center Walmart at the former Brookdale Mall shopping center.
The Brooklyn Center store is part of a $1.5 million investment...
Minnesota African health care providers’ businesses have banded together to form a new association for their budding enterprises. Membership is open to businesses that operate long-term care facilities, home cares and those that provide home support services.
The African Health Care Providers Association will hold its official launch this Saturday, February 15 at Saint Mary's University in Minneapolis during a...
The FBI and the US State Department announced on Monday the launch of its first Joint Terrorism Task Force that will be located outside the United States. The agency which the FBI called "a multi-agency counterterrorism investigative force" will be located in Nairobi.
At the Monday ceremony at FBI headquarters in Quantico attended by Kenyan intelligence
officials, FBI and State Department...
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya on Wednesday told Americans to see Africa as “more than just a continent producing security threats or unregulated migration that must be contained,” but rather as a region that has “immense strategic importance to the security and prosperity of the transatlantic alliance.”
Kenyatta made the remarks when he discussed his vision for the future of...
Less than 24 hours to the start of Black History month, President Trump issued a proclamation blocking the nationals of six countries from immigrating to the United States including Africa's largest economy and most populous country, Nigeria. Four of the six countries are from Africa, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania and Nigeria. The other two countries are Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar (formerly...
Malian musician Ballaké Sissoko has accused US border officials of breaking his “impossible to replace” musical instrument during a security check.
Sissoko plays the kora, a west African instrument whose 21 strings can sound similar to a harp. US border officials said they did not open the instrument case.
“Would US customs have dared to dismantle a Stradivarius?” asked a statement...
Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame was on Wednesday unanimously voted in by the board of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority to be the agency's new CEO and executive director, replacing interim executive director and CEO Tracey Scott. The organization’s former executive director Greg Russ left the position in August after getting appointed as the head of New York...
MINNEAPOLIS - Kenya's Parliamentary Majority Leader, Aden Bare Duale, met with Minnesota government officials, the business community and the state's large Somali diaspora - the largest outside of Africa during a three day visit to the state over the weekend. Duale last visited Minnesota five years ago.
The majority leader met with leaders that have made history in the state...
