If London were in Africa...

Now this was a story that I went through on CNN that I thought had some truth in it...is Media always covering Africa a tad bit differently?...Though we musnt forget,the riots are being handled with care, with the rubber bullets, and a 1000 people already arrested for looting and starting riots, I'm not really sure on the number of people dying but can we really compare it? 

The harsh criticism from British Media right before the world cup in 2010 had South Africans questioning why more people aren’t debating whether England can pull off the  Olympics world’s oldest sports tournament
In the years leading up to the 2010 tournament, the British tabloid press in particular irritated many South Africans with constant assessments of how “unsafe” South Africa is,
Now that the South African government has issued a travel warning to citizens travelling to the United Kingdom some have been questioning the double standards. 

This Comes as a follow up from some Hilarious tweets, but really..if London were in Africa would it be treated differently by the media? All in all the following tweets arent of my opinion, for humor purposes only, not that we mean to make fun of the situation but point out the difference in media attention and portrayal...PrayForLondon....UK in General...

Tweets Below..

@T_Rouma: #iflondonwereinafrica it would be declared a war zone.
@lebomashile: #iflondonwereinafrica there would be travel warnings – the only people who would venture a trip would be rebel journos & aid workers.
@lebomashile: #iflondonwereinafrica the causes of the riots would be reduced to “tribalism” and/or “bad governance” by the int’l press
@KingNovaMiu: #iflondonwereinafrica Serious talks to move the Olympics to Australia or some ‘safer’ country would have already began

#iflondonwereinAfrica regional countries would be volunteering to support a collective solution
#iflondonwereinAfrica neighbours would open their doors to those in need
#iflondonwereinAfrica one of the first questions asked would be – what can we do to help?

Why is violence in Africa treated differently?, Sarpong Obed from Ghana wonders:

When the “xenophobic” attacks heightened in South Africa before the 2010 FIFA World Cup, we were treated to a bitter cocktail of stories about how unsafe foreigners who wanted to watch the games would be and the need to move it away, elsewhere off the continent. Even the attacks on the Togolese football team in Angola during the Nations Cup in 2010 was capital for the mainly Western media to question security in far away South Africa.

I’m waiting for NATO to start bombing England to support the “rebels” and prevent Cameron from putting down the rebellion.

NATO should target number 10 Downing street to kill Cameron and his family…just like they are doing to Ghaddafi.

“Where is NATO?,” Benjani asks:

What goes around comes around! Where is Nato in all of this? Italy/France/Spain/Portugal/Netherland/US should send their armed forces to London to protect the hooligans/protesters. Impose no flight zone and no movement of planes and armored tanks.
We all can it clearly now that you can’t let hooligans/protesters run freely whether it is in London or Benghazi.

Ghanaian blogger, Nana Wireko, identifies six lessons we need to learn from the riots:

#1 When a neighbor’s beard is burning, fetch water and protect yours

Ok, do you remember what the British press said before the world cup in South Africa? Africa was deemed a jungle… where people eat each other. A place where civilization is nothing to write home about….. a place where no football match could be held. Some people even still think Africa is a country. Hmmm…. South Africa was lambasted for all the wrong reasons. In less than a year, the London Olympic Games start. Need I say more? When your neighbor is down, don’t kick him but rather help lift him up. The UK press should take a cue from this. It’s a lesson. A very important one!