“We want partners to maximize their profit in Mozambique,” said Mozambique’s Ambassador to the U.S, H.E. Carlos Dos Santos. Speaking at the African Business Forum on May 18, Ambassador Dos Santos invited business leaders from Minnesota to focus on the southern African nation along the Indian Ocean. He wants Minnesotans to invest in a country […]
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Suburban CAP embraces Minneapolis
Expanded agency replaces defunct Community Action program Three years after the sudden demise of Community Action of Minneapolis, what promises to be a permanent replacement for the agency has been announced. The former Community Action Partnership of Suburban Hennepin County (CAPSH) has relaunched itself as Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County (CAP-HC), according to a […]
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Role of police in public schools questioned
A workshop titled “What is Your Vision for Police in Schools?” was hosted by Students for Education Reform (SFER Minnesota) on April 17. The approximately 70 participants included students, parents, Minnesota Commissioner of Human Rights Kevin M. Lindsey, and representatives of Minneapolis Public Schools (MSP). They gathered at the MPS Davis Center to voice both […]
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Northsiders show support for ‘one of the good ones’
Many oppose the transfer of a bridge-building MPD officer Meeting at the Zion Baptist Church on Sunday, March 26, community members sent a public message to the Office of Janee Harteau, Minneapolis Chief of Police, that Inspector Michael Friestleben, 53, should remain in North Minneapolis. “I have so much respect for this man… I just […]
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A community, family mourn Henry McCabe
More than 500 people gathered at the Brooklyn United Methodist Church in Brooklyn Center on Sunday, December 19 to bid farewell to the late Henry McCabe.
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McCabe death remains a mystery
Eight weeks after late Minnesota Revenue auditor Henry McCabe’s body was found in Rush Lake waters, his family and African community leaders still wait for answers about the circumstances and cause of his death.
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Liberians demand answers in McCabe death
More than 100 people attended a vigil for the late 32-year-old Henry McCabe at Rush Lake on Saturday morning, November 7. The atmosphere was somber as they cried, hugged, and consoled his widow, Kareen McCabe.
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Search for Henry McCabe ends
The MSR has published two previous stories on a community-wide search for a Mounds View man, Henry Tobee McCabe, reported missing by his family on September 7. The recent discovery of a body has brought the search to a close, as it has been determined to be that of the missing man.
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Liberian VP thanks Minnesotans for support during Ebola crisis
Liberia still has problems, and its government is looking for solutions and international help on how to solve the country’s chronic healthcare shortage and needed government services, such as better education, shelters for the homeless and improved road conditions.
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Somali mothers fight back against terrorist recruiters
As terrorist groups continue to lure young Somalis from the Twin Cities to join them in the Middle East, Voice of East African Women (VEAW), based in Minneapolis, has started a series — Mothers Against Youth Recruitment — to address the growing problem affecting Somali women losing their children to terrorist recruiters.
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The search for missing man shifts to New Brighton
The search for Henry McCabe continued unabated on Saturday, Oct. 3, almost four weeks after he went missing on September 7. Many volunteers, including family members, spent hours knocking on doors and distributing flyers in hope of finding McCabe, 32.
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Lion killer surfaces for interview his lawyer regrets
Walter Palmer, the Twin Cities dentist who killed Zimbabwe’s much-loved lion Cecil, returned to his Bloomington clinic on Tuesday after Labor Day.
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Mounds View man goes missing
About 100 community members gathered in Fridley on Saturday, September 19 to search for a Mounds View man who disappeared without a trace almost two weeks ago. Members of the African community, families and coworkers gathered at the SuperAmerica station in Fridley to search for him.