Africa
The Original Darfur
October 7, 2010
Escaped slave and human rights champion Simon Deng arrived in Washington D.C. today, leading a group of several dozen determined activists who walked with him 300 miles from the United Nations in New York to the Capitol building to raise...
Escaped South Sudanese Slave, Human Rights Leader Simon Deng to Prez Obama: “We Can’t Wait!”
September 16, 2010
Human rights leader Simon Deng, a former Sudanese national swimming champion and escaped slave, has launched his 250-mile freedom walk from the United Nations to Washington D.C. this week to gain U.S. support for the independence of South...
Conservative Michael Moore Shines Light on U.N. Corruption
December 21, 2009
Ami Horowitz’s documentary “U.N. Me” screened at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in November to rave reviews. Horowitz, who co-directed and co-produced the film, says he’s inspired by Moore...
Sudan’s Extermination of Christians: an Interview With Simon Deng
August 31, 2009
As a child, American human rights activist Simon Deng survived brutal enslavement by Islamists and witnessed their destruction of his village in Sudan.
Today, at 50, Deng is an American citizen and one of the leading advocates for the...
Simon Deng Speaks Out About Persecution of Sudan’s Christians
August 29, 2009
Today the Center for Security Policy web site features the first segment of my interview with American human rights activist Simon Deng.
While many people are familiar with the fact that Sudan’s Islamist government provided...
Evidently Genocide is Not Enough
March 9, 2009
Evidently masterminding genocide — or at least allegedly doing so — is not sufficiently evil for Sudanese President Omar al Bashir. Last week he decided to kick out of Sudan 13 NGOs, including Doctors without Borders, Save the...
Israel Must Not Reject Natural Allies
June 2, 2008
A must read for all members of the pro-America, pro-Israel, pro-human rights, anti-terror community, this excellent article in this week’s Jerusalem Post magazine highlights the Israeli government’s disordered...
It’s Not Only Me. There are Thousands of Liberian Children Who Have Been Through War
May 21, 2008
“My mother told me, ‘My heart is broken to be separated from you, but you will find family in America,'” says Morris Sheriff. “That never left my mind.”
Nattily dressed in a tan suit and a red and...
African Day Parade Founder Seeks to Unify Compatriots
April 1, 2008
March 5, 2008
“When you look at the news, they don’t talk about different African communities in the U.S. unless something bad happens.”
On the third floor of the Harlem State Office Building, groups of young Africans and...
Israel’s Christian Sudanese Friends
January 2, 2008
Yesterday Israel’s Ma’ariv carried my opinion piece on the Christian Sudanese refugees in Israel. It was translated into Hebrew, but I have pasted the English version below.
Also, today The New York Sun carries the tragic news from Khartoum...