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Trump’s Deportation Policies: Cruel, Careless, and Now Blessed by the Supreme Court

Monday, April 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘administrative error,’ and zero accountability The Trump administration’s deportation program has always been a cocktail of malice and mismanagement. But its treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia reeks of the collateral damage we expect only from autocracies like Russia. It deported him to El Salvador. Never mind that, like hundreds of other deportees,… Read more.

Independent South Sudan Remains Hopelessly Divided Against Itself

Monday, March 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Once again, South Sudan teeters on the brink of civil war. The unity government between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar is unraveling — fueled by ethnic violence, political purges, and fresh militia clashes. With embassies closing and UN warnings mounting, the world’s youngest country seems hell-bent on repeating its blood-soaked past. The… Read more.

Odinga vs. Ruto in Kenya’s Déjà vu Presidential Election…

Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 6:43 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Kenya held another free and fair presidential election last week. But, with Monday’s announcement of the official results, the country is threatening to descend into violence. That, of course, would be déjà vu all over again. Because the previous two elections, in 2012 and 2017, played out that way too. I commented on the most… Read more.

South Sudan: Africa’s Newest Nation Repeating Old Mistakes

Monday, June 4, 2018 at 6:34 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Natural disasters, like droughts and pandemics, are commonplace in Africa. As I write this, for example, drought is decimating East and Southern Africa while a new Ebola outbreak is raging across the Democratic Republic of Congo and threatening to spread beyond. Hell, you’d be forgiven for thinking that God is continually unleashing plagues to get… Read more.

Groundhog-Day Famine Crisis in Africa

Monday, March 20, 2017 at 8:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

You might notice that this blog does not feature any revenue-generating ads. That’s because, when I launched it 12 years ago, I wanted to make plain my primary interest in contributing to informed public debate on an eclectic array of topics. This has distinguished it over the years from the blogs of far too many… Read more.

South Sudan: Another Genocide Developing in Africa…

Monday, December 19, 2016 at 7:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

In a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday, a special commission to South Sudan described the state of the country in the starkest terms possible. Atrocities like murder and gang rape are happening on an ‘epic’ scale, reported the commission’s chief, who warned that the world’s youngest country now ‘stands on the… Read more.

Millions in South Sudan Eating Leaves and Grass … Like Cows

Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 7:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

For important context on this grazing tragedy, here is an excerpt from “South Sudan Descending into the Heart of Darkness,” December 30, 2013. _________________ I joined the chorus of those heralding the birth of South Sudan as a new nation in Africa – fathered not by colonial masters but by Africans themselves. But I felt constrained to… Read more.

‘Another African Famine?! Nobody Cares!’ Then Call Me Nobody

Friday, May 2, 2014 at 5:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

More than 1 million people in South Sudan have fled their homes at a crucial time of the year: planting season. Famine, aid officials say, could be the result, and the U.N.’s top official for human rights said Wednesday she is appalled by the apparent lack of concern by the country’s two warring leaders that… Read more.

South Sudan Continues Descent into Heart of Darkness

Friday, April 25, 2014 at 7:18 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Last summer I joined the chorus of those heralding the birth of South Sudan as a new nation in Africa – fathered not by colonial masters but by Africans themselves. But I felt constrained to sound this cautionary note in a commentary presaging its independence day: What looms, however, may cause the southerners’ Independence Day, which… Read more.

South Sudan Descending into the Heart of Darkness

Monday, December 30, 2013 at 5:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I joined the chorus of those heralding the birth of South Sudan as a new nation in Africa – fathered not by colonial masters but by Africans themselves. But I felt constrained to sound this cautionary note: What looms, however, may cause the southerners’ Independence Day, which they will mark on July 9, to turn… Read more.