Syrian Democratic Forces and U.S. troops are seen during a patrol near the Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria, November 4, 2018. (Rodi Said/REUTERS)
Simon Tisdall, The Guardian: In a world full of wars, why are so many of them ignored?
Instability across central Africa has resulted in a humanitarian crisis. There needs to be greater focus on conflict resolution
Cameroon, a central African state of 24 million people on the Gulf of Guinea, is rarely in the news – which is surprising, given the awful things happening there. In a warring world full of conflict, the country’s troubles barely rate a mention. That’s short-sighted. As Yemen shows, today’s local difficulties have a habit of becoming tomorrow’s international crises.
Long-running tensions between Cameroon’s French and English-speaking communities came to a head last week with the arrest of at least 350 members of the main opposition party, whose leader has been jailed since January. Human Rights Watch accused security forces of using “excessive and indiscriminate force”.
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WNU Editor: My answer to the above question on why are so many of the world's wars being ignored is simple. It is one of the reasons why I started this blog.
3 comments:
News paper has a sports section. They often cover every game played that weekend for whatever sport.
They cannot do the same for wars, terrorists events, etc?
anon: they also cover marriages but they do not cover all marriages. same with obits.
Cameroon does not make it to news because it has little to do with the world stage. Yemen went awhile but when Iran and Saudia Arabia got intermixed, it became news worthy. So, until Carmeroon's internal war spills over, it will be only and mention.
And thanks WNU Editor for posting & keeping up with this blog!
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