More attractive to the Western media are the bemusing antics of African leaders, especially when they provide windows for ridiculing and vilifying the continent. Equally given short shrift by the Western media were the efforts at attaining peace in South Sudan. By CIUGU MWAGIRUMore by this AuthorAs the first half of the year nears its end, developments in Africa are once again being overshadowed by events in the northern hemisphere. Paradoxically, the Lesotho snap election just days before the British one barely made the inside pages in the Western media. More attractive to the Western media are the bemusing antics of African leaders, especially when they provide windows for ridiculing and vilifying the continent.

Source: Daily Nation June 10, 2017 20:14 UTC