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Lumumba Vea’s Silent Stand Shames Belgium. The Media’s Screaming Silence About DR Congo Shames the World More.

Monday, July 6, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Lumumba Vea stood motionless in the stands, formally suited in DR Congo’s colors, turning World Cup spectacle into anti-colonial witness. iPINIONS contends that his silent tribute to Patrice Lumumba shamed Belgium for its colonial crimes. His altered gesture, hand over mouth and fingers to his head, indicted the media’s screaming silence about the genocidal war… Read more.

Truth about Viral Image of (Another) Syrian Boy

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 8:43 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

A boy, covered in blood and in obvious shock, became the “image of the war” in Syria last week. It “sent shock waves around the world,” evoking conscience-stricken calls for the international community to “act now” to prevent a recurrence. The media abandoned all pretense of objectivity as it validated this reaction. On Monday’s edition… Read more.

DR Congo’s Heart of Darkness Gets even Darker…

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 8:02 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I had a profound sense of déjà vu yesterday listening to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threaten intervention by the United States if the Syrian government uses weapons of mass destruction against its own people. Concerns are that a besieged President Bashar al-Assad will deploy WMDs to finally exterminate the popular uprising that has been… Read more.

Rwandan-style violence erupts in Congo … again

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 4:54 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Today, every rich country in the world is struggling to cope with an unprecedented credit crunch that has us all worried about our economic welfare.  And I appreciate that this global meltdown might cause many of you to be somewhat less sympathetic to my sounding an alarm about yet another humanitarian crisis unfolding in Africa. … 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.