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Ghanaians in Minnesota to launch Academic Foundation on Independence Day
The Ghanaian Association of Minnesota (GhanAM) is preparing to celebrate Ghana's 57th Independence Day with a bold launch of a foundation with the express...
The changing face of Brooklyn Park
Mshale Editor's note: This is part of a series that the TC Daily Planet has published looking at the issues of subsidies, affordable housing, and...
Little Africa lifts off
Only two weeks ago Abdi Warsame was elected to the Minneapolis City Council, becoming the highest-ranked elected official of Somali decent in the country....
Somali-Americans send estimated annual $215 million in remittances
Since the civil war erupted in Somalia more than two decades ago, thousands of families have flocked to the United States and left some...
China a hot topic at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit
CHICAGO - An undercurrent of China's influence in Africa has become a topic of intense conversation at the 9th biennial US-Africa business summit which...
Nollywood goes global as filmmakers scramble for cash
Obi Emelonye had to battle Lagos airport bureaucrats, indifferent banks and skeptical peers to release his plane-crash thriller, a movie production on a scale...
Nelson Mandela Day to be observed in Minnesota on July 18
The Minnesota African American Museum (MAAM) has been designated as one of the official United States locations, by South Africa's embassy, to host in...
Dr. Edwin Bogonko takes over as president of the Twin Cities Medical Society
Dr. Edwin Bogonko, a former Kenya Medical Association secretary was last night installed as president of the 5,000 member Twin Cities Medical Society, the...
More Somali-Americans return home for job opportunities and nation building
When the civil war erupted in Somalia more than two decades ago, Abdi Daud left everything he had known and loved about the country...
At Global Diaspora Forum Clinton urges turning ‘Brain Drain’ into ‘Brain Gain’
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recognized on Wednesday the crucial role of diaspora communities in national and global development efforts, emphasizing their potential to...
University Avenue corridor to be called ‘Little Africa’
Too often, people pass by the businesses on Snelling Avenue, near University in St. Paul, without stopping.
As one way to change that, the African...