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2005

Despite Live8 and G8, Relief Looms like a Cruel Mirage to Millions of Africans Dying of Starvation!

Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 10:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Less than a month after Live8 bands played and G8 leaders pledged to Make Poverty History, international news agencies are reporting that over one-third of Niger’s population of 10 million is on the brink of starvation. But these reports are particularly tragic because, for months, world leaders simply ignored pleas by private voluntary organizations (PVOs)… Read more.

Genocide in the DR Congo: Rwanda with a Vengeance

Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at 10:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

In the fertile killing fields of the DR Congo even children must kill or be killed! During his 1998 celebrity tour of Africa, President Bill Clinton apologized (like he does so well) for being too preoccupied with his personal problems to deploy America’s political and military power. That failure let the genocidal massacre of almost… Read more.