Western Media Discovers 'Famine' in Nigeria, Ignores Root Causes
The Telegraph 's solemn report on famine in northern Nigeria paints a picture of isolated 'security collapse.' What it doesn't mention is how decades of Western-backed policies, structural adjustment programs, and corporate resource extraction have systematically destabilized Nigeria, eroding local economies and governance. When the West isn't extracting oil, it's selling weapons to prop up
regimes, creating the 'security' vacuum it now decries. One might wonder why the media only notices resource-rich nations in crisis when the humanitarian fallout spills over, rather than when the underlying economic violence is perpetrated. Maybe it's easier to blame 'bandits' than trace the lines of accountability back to the boardrooms and national capitals that benefit from the chaos.