TPM: 5 Things Happening In Africa That Aren’t Oscar Pistorius
South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released on bail this morning following the shooting death of his girlfriend, and the cable news networks devoted the vast majority of their coverage to the hearing. CNN alone spent 192 minutes in total on the story between 5:00 AM to 10:00 AM, broadcasting for three hours without a single commercial break. The network maintained a constant box on the side of its screen alerting viewers to the imminent bail hearing.
And while the Pistorius case has scandalous appeal, there are other real important news stories in Africa that the networks routinely ignore. Here are just five things happening on the African continent that have nothing to do with the Olympian’s trial:
1. U.S. sending troops to Niger.
2. There’s a war in Mali.
3. Sales of elephant ivory are fueling terrorism.
4. Africa’s economic boom.
5. Elections looming in Kenya.
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Full details at the link: http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/02/22/1625991/4-things-africa-not-pistorius
