"So why the disparity in coverage?
Are Congolese lives worth less than Palestinian lives?
Are black lives worth less that white lives?
Are the Ugandan rebels less evil than the Israelis?
Or is just that the BBC hatred for Israel removes all sense of proportion from their news coverage?"
I also pointed out more of the news that the BBC deem less important than that of Israel's actions in Gaza:
"The victims had been hacked to death and forced into fires, he said.
"All villages were burned by rebels... we don't know where exactly the population is because all the villages are empty," he told the BBC.
"We have almost 6,500 displaced who are refugees in the parishes of the Catholic Church around the city of Dungu, more than 20,000 people displaced are running to the mountains," he said.
Those who were hiding in the bush and forest were mainly the young, as the LRA tends to kidnap children and recruit them as fighters, he said.
An eyewitness in Faradje said the people who had their lips cut off were being treated for their injuries.
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Countries from Uganda to the Central African Republic have suffered 20 years of terror inflicted by the LRA.
Tens of thousands of children have been abducted to be fighters and sex slaves.
Uganda's government said the joint offensive had destroyed some 70% of the LRA camps in DR Congo."
Today I see that Somalia makes the news on the BBC's Africa news page as:
"There have been celebrations in the Somalia capital Mogadishu after Ethiopian troops withdrew from their two main bases in the city.
People are returning to homes evacuated after the Ethiopians intervened two years ago to oust Islamist forces.
Their pull-out has stoked fears of a highly volatile power vacuum but others say it could pave the way for peace.
A ceremony was held in the city to mark the handover of security to government forces and moderate Islamists."
Oh how the BBC love to boost the image of "moderate Islamists".
Further into report I read this:
"Some 16,000 civilians have been killed in the conflict between Somalia's transitional government and the Islamists, and a million more have been forced from their homes."
How much time has been allocated by the BBC to this story over the past two years? Why does the BBC spend so much time covering the "plight of the poor Palestinians" and so little on the plight of innocent Africans?
Are Somali lives worth less than Palestinian lives?
Are black lives worth less that white lives?
Are the Ethiopian troops less evil than the Israelis?
Or is just that the BBC hatred for Israel and alliances with Islamic news organisations removes all sense of proportion from their news coverage?"
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