No outrage at the police brutality happening in Nigeria?

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I’m seeing the most disgusting footage and images coming out of Nigeria. Where’s the outrage of police brutality? Why the outrage in America and the UK but none for these vile acts being committed in Nigeria?

My husband went to the protest last wk- I’m disgusted to only know about it from
Social media and not main stream news. Guess there’s an assumption that Nigeria isn’t important enough or isn’t civilised enough to warrant fair treatment

The BBC have reported it.

Then again they have little choice as they have a BBC Africa department and some of the presenters have been the main presenters on the news channel.

Have they? I must have blinked

My father is Nigerian but I've never been. My husband was born there and to be honest had he not flagged it up to me I probably wouldn't have known about it. He has found it all very distressing

Saying that, I've now seen it on sky, they had an interview with someone in Lagos who was speaking out.
You're right there hasn't been nearly enough. They don't care about Africans obviously. Yet they've spent all day telling us about 7 stowaways from the same place who ended up in the Isle of Wight!

I’ve seen the footage on social media and a report on BBC. Also have friends from Nigeria we’ve been discussing it. It’s so awful and I’m not surprised that the MSM is ignoring it, as usual 🙄

MSM isn't ignoring it. Al Jazeera has had decent coverage. People I know are talking about it. We are praying for Nigeria. We are disgusted at Buhari's government.

The main difference is it doesn't have the same hysteria that anti BLM creates. Pro Trump, anti BLM views are popular stories, it generates dialogue here because sadly a lot of people share these views. And imo white British people identify with white Americans more than black Nigerians. It's sad because ignoring skin colour Nigeria has just as strong ties to the UK as the USA.

I believe SARS has little or no support here so there is no contentious/debating element to the reporting.

It is very sad, however I believe that the majority of people are presently more concerned with what is going on in our own country.

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It is very sad, however I believe that the majority of people are presently more concerned with what is going on in our own country.

I agree - at present it is difficult to find news coverage of anything other than Covid and Trump.

It’s being covered in most major international outlets. I’ve seen it come up in several podcasts I listen to as well - that don’t have any link to Nigeria normally.

Shops and malls have been looted and completed destroyed. Bastards!

It,s bad that its not covered by hey people evacuating from typhoones in phillipeans not been covered either. The relvance? Basically their is lot not covered BBC world new or BBC24 may be more likely to cover it. How about Sky news is it on there?

This is a black mumsnet forum yet it's not even garnered attention here. Why?

1. It doesn't affect most black people here.
2. It's a "black" on "black" issue. If it had something to do with racism, it will be newsworthy.

It's no surprise - this isn't the first nor will it be the last time such a thing happens in the "black" community.

Black westerners expect us to know everything going on in the western black community, speak about it and identify as one but when the shoe is on the other foot, crickets.