(GIN) – Saying it was a question of faith, Kenya’s Archibishop Eliud Wabukala rebuffed the olive branch extended by Pope Benedict to all Anglicans to join the Catholic Church.
 
The Archbishop, in an interview with the BBC, said it would not be easy for African Anglicans to enter into full communion with Catholics.
 

By Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam

Recently, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi warned that the African delegation he is expected to lead to the climate change talks in Copenhagen in December would walk out of any “negotiations that threaten to be another rape of the continent.” 
The Ethiopian dictator, who was speaking in Addis Ababa at a meeting arranged by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to promote the African negotiating position, demanded that the West pay billions of dollars annually in exchange for Africa’s acquiescence to a global warming agreement.

Bald Eagle Erectors, Sowles Construction and Target Field among those honored at the Construction Partnering Program’s (CPP) Award Reception.

The fifth annual Construction Partnering Program Award Reception recognizes construction companies and projects for their successful participation in the Construction Partnering Program (CPP) and the effort to include minority and women in the projects.  This year’s reception was held at Regions Hospital (2008 large project of the year) over 80 attended included many major construction contractors and participants in the CPP. 

René Ngongo of the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of four winners of this year’s Right Livelihood Award, also known as the alternative Nobel Peace Prize.
 
Ngongo was tapped “...for his courage in confronting the forces that are destroying the Congo's rainforests and building political support for their conservation and sustainable use."
 
The Congo rainforest, second only to that of the Amazon in global importance, is under grave threat from the aftermath of war, population pressure and corporate exploitation.

Due to the fact that MN has became one of the fastest growing African Community in the United States. A little known organization called African Vision 360 took the task of putting together this great event. This organization  is a non-profit organization created to help host the annual “MN Africa Cup”.  The organization's director Kemo Camara recently spoke to the African News Journal about the progress of this organization that is raising eye brows within the African community in Minnesota.

By: Rachel M. Anderson, Freelance Writer

(Minneapolis, Minn.) – Next month is National Adoption Month -  Most people think of November as marking the official kick off
of the holiday season. For the millions of Americans touched by adoption, like Jackie Maher, 73, of Brooklyn Park, Minn., it means a whole lot more.
“Until very recently, it was a very sad time of year for me,” says Maher. When she became pregnant back in 1956 and marriage to the baby’s father wasn’t an option, she decided to give her baby up for adoption. Back then, the majority of adoptions were closed and when it came time to sign the papers, Catholic Charities of St. Paul told her she would never see the baby again.

President Barack Obama joins the ranks to a small list of African descents  who have won the world's most prestigious award for peace-making. Past African winners of the prize are former United Nations chief Kofi Annan, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, Chief Albert Luthuli, leader of South Africa's African National Congress, former President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt, the then Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk of South Africa, for their work in taking South Africa towards democracy. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in Oslo that it had decided to award the 2009 prize to Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

Fallowing is the press conference Presidnet Obama held this morning, fallowed by statement of the Nobel Committee: 
This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize -- men and women who've inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced that a child from Hennepin County recently died from complications due to infection with the H1N1 novel influenza virus. The child, who had no underlying health conditions, became ill and died in late September. The Hennepin County medical examiner announced the cause of death today. Three of Minnesota's seven deaths related to H1N1 influenza have been in children under 9.

U.S. Senator Al Franken makes a point at a recent health care discussion with representatives of Minnesota’s minority communities. 

By Bashe Said

U.S. Senator Al Franken met over the weekend with representatives of Minnesota’s minority groups in Minneapolis to hear their perspectives on the health care reform debate in Washington, D.C. and health care disparities in the state. 

By James Butty

It is estimated that remittances to and within Africa total $40 billion dollars a year. But only a few money transfer operators have a monopoly in processing these remittances.

So how can remittance senders in the African Diaspora get more value for their money? 

Senegal-born Ogo Sow, communications advisor on Diaspora Affairs for the US-based Africa Travel Association said the solution lies in the setting up of an African immigrant bank.

By Jamal Denman, TC Daily Planet

African Women Connect (AWC) hosted a community summit at the Center for Families in north Minneapolis on September 26. AWC is an organization started in 2004 by Liberian native Rita Apaloo. Their mission is to assist African women immigrants with adjusting to living in the United States.

The focus of the summit was to provide a forum where African immigrant women can learn about the experiences of others who have been able to successfully make the transition.