Hussein Issack came to Louisville, Kentucky six years ago to start a new life for himself and his family. His resettlement journey was aided and sometimes guided by staffs at Catholic Charities and included an opportunity to participate in the RAPP sponsored Community Garden.

Minneapolis attorney arrived tonight from Nairobi where he rested there for about three days after the Rwandan government released him unconditional from jail. 
After  21 days spent in a Rwanda jail, Erlinder told his supporters, media and others at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport that he will talk more about his experience in Rwanda tomorrow. 
He was met there by his wife, Masako Usui, supporters and others and said, “Unlike Mark Twain, the reports of my demise were only slightly exaggerated.”

In the three years prior to the global recession, African countries had achieved an average annual growth of around 6%. Growth was highest in eastern Africa (8.2%), followed by southern Africa (6.7%), western Africa (5.5%), north Africa (5.4%), and central Africa (4.9%). Rising oil and non-oil commodity exports boosted growth during this period. The oil-exporting countries of Angola and Equatorial Guinea had achieved the highest growth. Among the non-oil exporters, growth was highest in Ethiopia. 

Skill Building at the Ramsey County WorkForce Centers

By Art Coulson, Ramsey County
Contributing Writer

The real cost of hiring a person who cannot learn and perform a job is prohibitive, both for the employer and the worker. The National Career Readiness Certificate solves that problem.  It is a work-related skills credential issued by ACT, the nationally-known testing service based in Iowa. The Certificate provides fair and objective measurement of workplace skills. 

By NdzeNtuv Evaristus Tunka

Asamoah Gyan scored late from a spot kick against Serbia to give Ghana an opening win; and Africa’s first win in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The penalty came in the 85th minute when Serbian defender kumzmanovic handled Ayew’s cross from the flank.

The Ghanaian side from kick-off, dominated the game, providing a strong midfield presence that could hardly be contained by the Serbians. While the Ghanaians came into the match as underdogs, their finesse in the pitch showed a team that was determined to prove their soccer prowess

Somali Super Star K'naan's single "Wavin' Flag" Song was chosen as the offical song for the Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup Ceremony 

Born in Mogadishu , Somalia , Keynaan Abdi Warsame Haji Mohammed spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991.

By NdzeNtuv Evaristus Tunka

Alvin Greene, a former soldier who served 13 years in the South Carolina Air National Guard, and the South Carolina Army Guard, won the Democratic primary for Senate in his home state of South Carolina, in what political pundits call a mystery. Greene will face Republican incumbent Jim DeMint in November’s Senate elections.

Greene’s victory has taken every one by surprise, as the 32 year-old Vet is unemployed, lives with his parents, and facing possible felony charges for alleged obscene pictures he showed to a college student. The baffling results however are no surprise to Greene, who in an interview said "I wasn’t surprised, but not really. I mean, just a little, but not much.

Host of Related Setbacks Includes Drops in Pre-Kindergarten Enrollment, Rise in Drug Use and Violence

The first report to offer comprehensive data on the impact of the recession on American children's overall quality-of-life was released today by the Foundation for Child Development (FCD). The 2010 Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI) offers data on children's well-being from the first year of the recession (2008), and includes projections for years 2009 through 2012. Chief among the findings is that, by 2010, the recession will wipe out virtually all progress made for children in the Family Economic Well-being Domain since 1975.  This domain includes the rate of children living in families beneath the poverty line, median family income and secure parental employment.  

Without Minnesota health reforms, health care spending expected to double in 10 years

Health care spending in Minnesota rose from $33 billion in 2007 to $35 billion in 2008, according to a new report by the Health Economics Program at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The report projects that health care spending in the state would have doubled in the next 10 years without Minnesota’s 2008 health reform law. The report compares projected spending and estimated actual spending to determine the level of savings over time as Minnesota implements its 2008 health reforms, which aim to significantly slow the growth of health care spending.

We are saddened to witness powerlessly the arrest and arbitrary detention of Professor Peter Erlinder, the lead council of Ms. Victoire Ingabire, in Kigali on 28th May 2010. He was arrested by Rwandan authorities while he was working on the case of the Chair of FDU-Inkingi who is accused of genocide ideology and collaboration with a Rwandan terrorist group. He is accused of genocide ideology as well.

Kegali,  Rwanda -  New reports from Kagame led-government claim that Professor Erlinder tries to commit suicide in his Cell after having overdose bills. Rwandan News Agency reports “Under intense interrogation from detectives, detained American Prof. Peter Erlinder swallowed up to 50 tablets meant to treat hypertension and other medical conditions – which the Police now says is also another crime”

Attorney Peter Erlinder went to Rwanda as a defense lawyer to represent his client, opposition presidential candidate Madame Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, who had a hearing date on May 24,  but ended up fighting for his life after Kagama government arrested him last Friday from his hotel. 

NAIROBI — Agence France-Presse’s Somalia correspondent Mustafa Haji Abdinur has been awarded the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Award in the Free Press category.

Abdinur, 28, who has been AFP’s Mogadishu-based correspondent since 2006, was among several African journalists recognised at the ceremony in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Saturday.
“Friends, I live in a country whose name has unfortunately become a synonym for lawlessness, where human life is not worth a lot and where press freedom simply does not exist,” said Abdinur.