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21 Nov 2025 - American institutions saw a 17% drop in new international student enrollments this fall which will result in a $1 billion loss and 23,000 fewer jobs.

17 Nov 2025 - Men’s health took center stage on Saturday during an event to celebrate International Men's Day in Brooklyn Park hosted by Global Fatherhood…

12 Nov 2025 - Omar Fateh lost his bid for mayor because ranked-choice math and Minneapolis’s political geography made his path extremely narrow, according an…

12 Nov 2025 - The U.S. State Department is yet to give a date when registration for 2027 Diversity Visa will begin, after announcing on Nov. 5 that there is a…

8 Nov 2025 - The headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service is in Washington, August 10, 2024. | Photo: Ted Shaffrey/ AP FileWASHINGTON (AP) — IRS Direct File,…

7 Nov 2025 - Mshale has put together a list of places those in need of food after their SNAP benefits were cut off during the government shutdown.

6 Nov 2025 - St. Paul Mayor Carter lost his reelection bid for a third term to state Rep. Kaohly Her, his former policy director before she went to the Minnesota…

5 Nov 2025 - Mayor Jacob Frey was announced as the winner of Tuesday's election for mayor of Minneapolis after ranked choice counting on Wednesday put him over…

5 Nov 2025 - Hundreds of Minneapolis voters line up to vote at the Minneapolis elections and voter services office on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, the last day of early…

4 Nov 2025 - More than 23,000 Minneapolis voters have cast early ballots ahead of the Nov. 4 mayoral election making it the second-highest early voting turnout…

31 Oct 2025 - Voters in Minneapolis can vote in-person this Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 and Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025 for Tuesday's mayoral and city council races.

31 Oct 2025 - Trump is reducing the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States from 125,000 to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans.

28 Oct 2025 - Former New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman stopped in Minneapolis on Saturday to campaign for mayoral candidate Omar Fateh. Election is Nov. 4.

26 Oct 2025 - Equity Bank of Kenya's diaspora banking team has kicked off its roadshow in the United States aimed at showcasing banking services tailored to the…

24 Oct 2025 - Kowsar Mohamed has officially begun her term as a member of the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents. She is the first Somali American woman in…

24 Oct 2025 - Senegal's Alune Wade and his band will take the Cedar Cultural Center stage for the first time on November 19 when he kicks off his North American…

23 Oct 2025 - Kenyans in Minnesota held a celebration of life event in honor of the former prime minister of Kenya Raila Odinga. He died on Oct. 15, 2025.

17 Oct 2025 - The death of Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has prompted mourning across the Kenyan diaspora in the United States. Odinga was 80.

13 Oct 2025 - U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has endorsed state. Sen. Omar Fateh in his bid for mayor of Minneapolis because he has fought “tooth and nail” for the working…

10 Oct 2025 - Burkina Faso's president Capt. Ibrahim Traore chats with agricultural workers in March 2025. His foreign minister said on Oct. 10, 2025 that his…

9 Oct 2025 - Citizens of seven African nations will need to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply for a U.S. visitors visa in a new pilot program that runs…

3 Oct 2025 - Zar Electrik, the Franco-Moroccan trio from the south of France kicked off their North American tour at the Cedar in Minneapolis.

2 Oct 2025 - Lyna Nyamwaya of New Hope, a registered nurse and adjunct professor, announced her campaign for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District…

29 Sep 2025 - Minneapolis mayoral candidates on Friday held their first debate hosted by the Citizens League at Westminster Presbyterian Church.

26 Sep 2025 - AI is helping African farmers access new information to identify crop diseases as private investment in agriculture-related tech climbs to $600…

22 Sep 2025 - The shuttered Cub Foods grocery store, left, and a boarded up CVS store, both in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul, came up during a Mayoral…

19 Sep 2025 - The U.S. Department of State is implementing a $1 registration fee to enter the popular Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program that grants 55,000…

17 Sep 2025 - Xp Lee has won the special election to fill the Minnesota House seat formerly held by the late Speaker of the state House Melissa Hortman, who was…

12 Sep 2025 - If applying for a U.S. visa, like a visitor's visa, you can only do so at your country of nationality or where you have legal residence.

12 Sep 2025 - Ghana is the first West African country to announce it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. to receive deported foreign nationals.

11 Sep 2025 - Co-working office space is now available at the S.H.A.K.E., a woman- and BIPOC-owned event and co-working at the Historic Coliseum in Minneapolis.

5 Sep 2025 - Mike Kenyanya has completed his six-year term on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. In an interview with Mshale, he reflected on his time…

3 Sep 2025 - Trump immigration policies and visa delays for international students are taking a financial toll on U.S. universities and colleges.

29 Aug 2025 - Business leaders at a summit in St. Paul say U.S.-Africa trade and investment is still possible despite unpredictable Trump policies.

27 Aug 2025 - Ian Oundo, a former staffer with the state Democratic Party in Minnesota has launched his bid for Minnesota Senate District 35 which includes Coon…

26 Aug 2025 - The Franco-Moroccan trio known as Zar Electrik will make their Minnesota with a show at the Cedar in Minneapolis on September 24, 2025.

22 Aug 2025 - The Minnesota Democratic Party has revoked the endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh as Mayor of Minneapolis, sparking outrage.

19 Aug 2025 - Minnesota State House Rep. Cedric Frazier is the first to announce a run for the open Hennepin County Attorney Seat. The election is in 2026.

15 Aug 2025 - Congresswoman Ilhan Omar joined state and local officials for the ribbon cutting ceremony of new affordable housing in Robbinsdale.

13 Aug 2025 - Bernard Omari Ayako of Spring Park, Minnesota, died on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

13 Aug 2025 - Former Brooklyn Park City Council member Xp Lee has won the Democratic primary to fill the seat formerly held by the late Minnesota House Speaker…

10 Aug 2025 - Kenyan Women in the United States (KWITU) concluded their annual reunion and 10-year celebration at the InterContinental Riverfront Hotel in St. Paul…

9 Aug 2025 - The largest organization of Kenyan women in North America began a three-day convention in Minnesota Friday to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

7 Aug 2025 - The Little Africa festival returned to St. Paul for the 11th year on Sunday with members from African communities showcasing their cultures.

5 Aug 2025 - Kenyan presidential candidate Dr. Fred Matiang'i brought his diaspora campaign roadshow to Minnesota when he addressed over 1,000 Kenyans on Sunday.

1 Aug 2025 - A new 16-page issue brief by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies warns that Black communities are under threat as Trump eliminates…

31 Jul 2025 - Kenyan presidential candidate, Dr. Fred Matiang'i, will bring his diaspora campaign roadshow to Minnesota with events on Aug. 2 and Aug. 3, 2025.

31 Jul 2025 - Wadaag Commons, a 39-unit affordable housing complex, the brainchild of the first Somali developer in the United States, Nawal Noor, had a ribbon-…

28 Jul 2025 - In what organizers called the first of its kind in the United States, a Liberian Independence Day Parade took place in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on…

28 Jul 2025 - Rev. Alexander Bango Collins, the board chair of Liberian Ministers Association in Minnesota has told Liberians to be pragmatic and tell the country’…