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On June 22, 2006 the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales in which the Court held that a 1996 provision of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) could be applied to individuals who had been deported and subsequently reentered the country...

 If you lend money to your closely held corporation or to a member of your family, be sure to handle the transaction with all of the formalities of an "arm's-length" loan to a stranger. The IRS carefully scrutinizes loans where the lender and the borrower are "related."

Minnesota Non-profit Assists Guguletu (South Africa) In the Fight against AIDS

“I’ve got a story to tell,” Faada Freddy insists loudly over the mic, “rap music was born in Africa.”  If the crowd at the Loring Park Summer Music & Movie event consisted of mostly Africans, they would have roared their agreement.  But since a majority of the 1300 people in the audience probably claim northern European heritage, we stand there a bit befuddled. I could have sworn hip hop started up in Harlem, New York, back in the late 1970s.

A dozen African radio broadcasters visited Minnesota in July to compare notes with other media practitioners in the United States and found a lot of common ground with their local counterparts. Local radio broadcasters from KMOJ and KFAI as well as editors and publishers from the local African newspapers including Mshale, were involved in the enriching cross-fertilization of ideas in their noble profession.

The Chairman of IgboFest 2006, Prince Jon Uche Ezeagwu has promised Minnesotans and other guests who will attend this year’s event on Saturday August 12 at the out-door grounds of the University of St Thomas, in St Paul to expect a package that will outshine last year’s celebrations.

"She said, 'since I'm having boys, I'm not going to die cooking for you guys, you're going to learn how to cook!'" Steven Kaggwa tells me as we sit in his restaurant.  He's speaking of his mother who raised five boys and one girl in Uganda.

The African Marketing department at Western Union last month announced its fall internship program. The internship gives the internship recipient an opportunity to spend four months working in the African marketing department which is based in Montvale, New Jersey.

 On May 15, 2006, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the Immigration Judge’s denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture to Mr. Abrahim Brima Bah, a citizen of Liberia.

The weather provided a spectacular show announcing the release of Innocent's all-original, 14-track CD, Shine Africa, at the Cabooze on Friday, June 16th.  Outside, rain pelted the dry earth in violent surges, washing out roads, inducing flash-flood warnings, ripping limbs off trees and littering the streets with branches. 

Says invested monies on clients up 1,900%

 

The African Development Center held its second annual celebration on June 3 to highlight its achievements for the past year. ADC is a community development corporation that assists African immigrants in business planning and ventures as well as buying homes.