Mshale Newspaper February 2019

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Reps. Hodan Hassan and Mohamud Noor assigned committees

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Mike Elliott sworn in as Brooklyn Center Mayor

UN Chief praises Africa’s attitude towards refugees

Disney to host its first LGBT “Magical Pride” parade

Mike Elliot was sworn in on January 2, 2019 as the mayor of Brooklyn Center after winning during the November election. Elliott, who was born in Liberia, becomes the city’s first black mayor. Photo: Decontee Kofa for Mshale

Rep. Omar appointed to Foreign Affairs Committee P.10

Oliver Mtukudzi is dead at 66

By Tom Gitaa Mshale Speaker Nancy Pelosi in announcing committee assignments for the 116th Congress has appointed Representative Ilhan Omar to the powerful foreign affairs committee which oversees all foreign assistance, national security affecting the country’s foreign policy, treaties, peacekeeping and war powers. Omar, one of two first Muslim women to serve in Congress and the first black person born in Africa in Congress, will also sit in the Education & Labor Committee. The latter oversees education programs from pre-school to higher education—including Head Start, child nutrition programs, higher education programs, and financial

oversight of the U.S. Department of Education. It also oversees labor initiatives—from job training to retirement security, union rights, occupational health and safety, and the minimum wage. On her appointment to the foreign affairs committee, Omar said: “As someone who has seen firsthand the havoc wreaked by war, I am proud to serve on the committee that is responsible for overseeing our country’s—and this President’s—actions abroad,” Rep. Omar said. “This couldn’t come at a more critical time. We need to use the committee’s human

Omar on Pg. 3

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is the first black person born in Africa elected to the US Congress. Photo: Kristie Boyd/U.S. Congress