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Coup in Gabon: America Is Partly to Blame

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 9:07 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Another week, another coup Military coups in Africa are far more regular than presidential elections in America. Africa has had 486 attempted coups since 1950 (214 successful), whereas America has had only 59 elections (and 1 attempted coup). So, waking up this morning to breaking news of a coup in Gabon was hardly surprising. Military officers in Gabon said they… Read more.

Russia-Africa Summit Putin Exploiting African Leaders as Props and Pawns

Friday, July 28, 2023 at 10:14 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Russia is using food as a weapon of war again. Earlier this month, it torpedoed the Black Sea grain deal millions of Africans depend on to survive. That was the elephant in the room at this week’s Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg. African leaders as pawns and props Frankly, the solidarity African leaders showed at the Russia-Africa summit in Petersburg this week… Read more.

Putin’s Genocide Against Ukraine Causing Famine in Africa

Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 7:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Podcast Episode 80 The European decolonization of Africa ended over 50 years ago. Yet nothing betrays Africa as still the white man’s burden quite like African leaders bemoaning about a war now raging in Europe preventing them from feeding their people in Africa. Related commentaries: Zimbabwe…  Podcast African migration… African migrants… Listen.

WTF! Trump Banning Africans Is Racist but Biden Doing So Is Responsible…?

Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 6:12 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Of course Donald Trump is a racist. But let’s call this spade a spade. President Biden will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other African countries to try to contain a troubling new variant of the coronavirus, senior administration officials said on Friday, though they said it would be impossible to prevent it from… Read more.

‘HARDtalk’ about the International Criminal Court. Hint: It’s a Friggin’ Boondoggle!

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 8:04 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Missed opportunities, misappropriations, and miscreants feature prominently in the story of post-colonial Africa. And this journal is replete with commentaries bemoaning it all. But the following quote pretty well sums up my abiding dismay: I just hope the damning irony is not lost on any proud African that, 50 years after decolonization, hundreds of Africans (men, women,… Read more.

Venice Is Flooding…Again

Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 6:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Severe flooding in Venice that has left much of the Italian city under water is a direct result of climate change, the mayor says. The highest water levels in the region in more than 50 years would leave ‘a permanent mark’, Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted. ‘Now the government must listen,’ he added. ‘These are… Read more.

Meghan Markle Trying to Transform the Monarchy – So It Suits Her

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 6:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

There’s nothing more self-absorbed than an American president playing the victim. But a British duchess doing so comes close. No doubt HRH The Duchess of Sussex (née Meghan Markle) would cringe at any comparison to President Donald J. Trump. Yet she evoked just that with a cringeworthy interview she gave for Harry & Meghan: An… Read more.

Ebola Killing Blacks in Africa Won’t Matter Until It Starts Killing Whites from America…?

Monday, May 27, 2019 at 6:19 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I know that’s a provocative title. But nothing justifies it quite like the true story about the origins of Ebola. It just so happens that National Geographic is dramatizing that story in a TV series called the The Hot Zone. It premieres tonight. That said, With the Democratic Republic of Congo facing its deadliest Ebola… Read more.