Mainstream Media Discovers African Violence When There's No US Strategic Interest
At least 30 dead and multiple people abducted in Nigeria's Kasuwan Daji village, as reported by The Independent. A horrific incident, certainly, but one that passes largely unremarked in the same news cycles that endlessly dissect every tremor in regions where Western powers have strategic interests, financial investments, or significant lobbying efforts. The local residents claim police
deployment was a fiction, a small detail in a region where state failure and insecurity are chronic, yet rarely prompt the urgent, hours-long panels seen for US-aligned nations. (Funny how 'humanitarian crises' require certain geopolitical coordinates to become truly newsworthy.) This isn't to diminish the suffering in Kasuwan Daji, but to highlight the glaring double standard. The same media
outlets that dedicate 24/7 coverage to conflicts where US military aid flows freely, or where well-funded organizations like AIPAC have successfully bought political consensus for intervention, offer a swift, perfunctory nod to violence in places like Nigeria. It's almost as if the cameras only roll when there’s a narrative to push, an arms deal to justify, or an election to influence. How many
times have we seen extensive deconstructions of violence in Africa? Only when it conveniently aligns with 'counter-terrorism' narratives that justify further Western military involvement, of course.