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2011 African Awards recipients pose for a group photo at the African Awards Gala on saturday, October 8 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.(L to R ) Catherine Rose, Melissa Nambangi, keynote speaker Desiree Rogers, Charles Chepyegon, Charles Chiefredo and Bayo Mafe, Peter Kerre and Mshale founder, Tom Gitaa. Former Obama white House Social Secretary, Desiree Rogers, delivered the keynote address.The African Awards are presented by Mshale Newspaper. (Photo: Rebecca Oehrig/Mshale)

SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Over 300 guests attended the third annual African Awards Gala presented by Mshale Newspaper on October 8 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Seven honorees were honored for their achievements and contributions to the African community. Those attending included the inevitable who's who in the African immigrant community but also a good cross section of the African community and civic leaders.

Kenyans in Minnesota embrace M-Pesa

Published 01/27/2012 - 10:49 p.m. GMT

Rebecca Porter, Western Union Account Executive, speaking in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on January 26 2012 about the Mobile Money Transfer (M-Pesa) to kenya that her company is now offering to its customers. The event was hosted by Mshale Newspaper and sponsored by Western Union. (Photo: Jared London/Mshale)

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - Kenyan-American community and business leaders in Minnesota yesterday got an opportunity to learn more about Western Union's Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) service to Kenya, at an event hosted by Mshale Newspaper and sponsored by Western Union. Western Union started the MMT service in the United States in the second quarter of 2011.

Published 01/09/2012 - 4:57 p.m. GMT

Baso Sangqu, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the UN and President of the Security Council for January, briefs the media on what the Security Council will be focusing on this month under his country's leadership. (Photo: UN)

South Africa is emphasizing the importance of closer cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in order to solve global problems.