Current event- Africa

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/02/world/africa/cameroon-boko-haram-attack/index.html

This is an incredibly sad story of an attack killing at least 11 people and leaving 6 injured. This is yet another example of the lack of media coverage in third world countries. It is sad that a non-western country doesn't get the recognition it deserves simply because it is non-western. This attack is deeply saddening.

Current Event Post 1

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21640348-only-if-government-tackles-misrule-and-endemic-corruption-will-jihadist-group-be

It's tragic that just because an event isn't happening in a western society, it doesn't get the attention it deserves. As saddening as the attack in Paris is, a small number of people died in comparison to the events happening in Africa. I'm not saying the Paris event doesn't deserve the publicity it has received, but equally as, if not more, tragic events occurring in third world countries deserve the same amount of publicity, or maybe even more. If the world focused on the horrific events happening in non-western societies, then maybe a difference in those societies would occur. Maybe the lives of the people that have been taken in Africa can prevent future lives from being taken if the media focuses on them as well.