North Central University in Minneapolis and Maakhir University located in the semi-autonomous federal state of Puntland in Somalia have entered into a “sister university" arrangement, a relationship that both sides hope will generate a range of mutually beneficial educational and cultural exchanges.
The Puntland minister for education Abdullahi Mohamed Hassan and NCU President Scott Hagan, signed a memorandum of understanding...
The 2018 midterm elections saw Minnesota voters make history by a number of firsts. They elected the first black person born in the African continent to the US Congress and in Brooklyn Park, the first black person on the council who happens to be born in Liberia and voters in the first ring suburb of Brooklyn Center wrapped up...
Minnesotans who rely on MinnesotaCare for affordable health care coverage should complete their annual renewal form by Dec. 15 to ensure coverage into the New Year.
The Department of Human Services (DHS) has mailed MinnesotaCare renewal forms to more than 54,000 households throughout the state. These members must verify their continued eligibility for the health care program to continue their...
There are no statewide races in Minnesota on next Tuesday's elections but there are important city council races, school board elections and local issues that might affect you depending on where you live.
For those in Minnesota, visit the Secretary of State's website to find your polling place and your sample ballot. Even though it is too late to pre-register,...
Sabuya Music Promotion and Fresh Sounds Events will present a concert featuring Esther Akoth, commonly known as Akothee at the PurpleRose Event Place in Coon Rapids on November 1.
Doors open at 7 p.m. with an opening act featuring local Kenya Minnesota talent Fanaka, Mobby Mobisa and Glayonce Pinky.
Flyers doing the rounds on social media have advertised the tickets at...
The African Development Center received a million-dollar funding grant from the Otto Bremer Trust. The donation came after years long relationship with the organization that has spanned over a decade from the organization’s early days. Otto Bremer Trust is also the owner of Bremer Bank.
Founded in 2004 by the late Executive Director Hussein Samatar with assistance from the McKnight...
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America announced today that it created a new Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer (CDIO) position, and has hired Cecilia Stanton Adams for the role. As CDIO, Stanton Adams will focus on developing comprehensive diversity and inclusion initiatives at Allianz Life, and continue building a culture that values all employee contributions and diverse perspectives....
Minnesotans with standard driver’s licenses or identification (ID) cards are strongly encouraged to consider applying for a REAL ID now, so they’ll be prepared ahead of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s full REAL ID enforcement date of Oct. 1, 2020.
DPS Commissioner John Harrington, the Minnesota TSA federal security director and Metropolitan Airports Commission COO came together Sept. 25,...
Chartwell Dutiro has joined the ancestors. More than a brilliant Zimbabwean mbira player and a pillar of Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited during their rise to international fame in the late 1980s and early ‘90s, Chartwell was a musical visionary with a deep and abiding fidelity to the Shona tradition in which he was raised, and a wry,...
The ground-breaking, United Nations-backed International Finance Facility for Education is vital to ensure that half of the world’s children don’t miss out on the basic schooling needed to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
That’s the view of the UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, who said yesterday in an interview with UN News that “education has...
Situated in Atlantic waters 350 miles from West Africa, over a half-million people live on the ten tiny islands of the Cabo Verde archipelago. Lush, soothing, monotonic music pours out identifying one of the island nation’s signature sounds, morna, a balm and a balance to the tumultuous history of colonialism of this country.
September 12th, Lucibela performs at The Dakota,...
