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by fiftyfifty
929 days ago
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I'm not convinced this is an Africa thing as much as an Ethiopian thing. There are just simply not a lot of western interests in Ethiopia and thus not as much news coverage. Ethiopia flirted with communism for almost 20 years and was an ally of the Soviet Union and has always been a bit closed off to the west. In fact Russia is still flexing it's influence in Ethiopia today: https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-russia-ethiopia-rethi... Kenya is another African country that is feared to be on the verge of a civil war, and the violence in Kenya is often covered in the news in the US and Europe. The UK had a long history in Kenya and the US has pretty strong diplomatic ties with Kenya and so news in Kenya tends to get covered in the US and Europe more. |
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