Tag: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
Don Samuels announces second bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar
Don Samuels, a former Minneapolis City Council member who lost a 2022 bid for Congress by two percentage points, and blamed the loss on...
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar presents $1,000,000 check to ACER and COPAL
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar today presented a joint check of $1,000,000 to African Career Education and Resources (ACER) and Comunidades Organizando el Poder y...
US Rep. Omar wins tight Democratic primary in Minnesota’s Fifth District...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has won the DFL primary in her district against strong competition from Don Samuels, essentially ensuring a third term in...
Rep. Ilhan Omar joins chorus of “Jacob Must Go”
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has become the latest high profile elected Minnesota official to call on Minneapolis voters to get rid of current Mayor Jacob...
Rep. Ilhan Omar recounts terror in U.S. Capitol, announces plan to...
President Donald J. Trump spent much of 2020 demonizing Rep. Ilhan Omar and ridiculing Somalia, the Minnesota congresswoman’s country of origin, for being a...
Rep. Ilhan Omar wins Democratic primary in convincing fashion
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has won the Minnesota Fifth District DFL primary in a convincing fashion beating her well-financed and closest challenger, Antone Melton-Meaux,...
We endorse: Ilhan Omar for Minnesota Fifth Congressional District
Yaa Asantewaa, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Wangari Maathai, Ann Nzingha and others are names that readers of Mshale will be very familiar with, many of them...
Antone Melton-Meaux: African immigrant communities deserve more from their government
The Fifth Congressional District and Minnesota are blessed with some of the largest African communities outside of the continent. Everyday, we see the value...
African immigrant candidates run for office in record numbers in Minnesota
The number of African immigrant elected officials in Minnesota — which has more than doubled in the past four years — could soon grow...
Rep. Ilhan Omar faces uphill task to keep her seat in...
In 2018, Ilhan Omar made history as the first person born in the African continent to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives,...
Nur Omar Mohamed, father of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, dies from coronavirus...
On Monday June 15 Nur Omar Mohamed, the father of congresswoman Ilhan Omar, died from COVID-19 complications.
"إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ. Inna lillahi wa...