Africa: Sudanese-American Elected to U.S. Public Office

The number of Sudanese-Americans holding elected public office in the United States has doubled – there are now two.

Mohamed Seifeldein won a city council seat on November 6 in Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of the capital, Washington. He follows in the footsteps of Mazahir Salih, who was elected to a city council seat in Iowa City, Iowa in 2017.

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