April Fool’s Prank That Turned Real
More than 147 students were killed in a 15-hour-long siege at a University campus in North-Eastern Kenya. Posters warning of an imminent attack on the Garissa campus were brushed aside as an April Fools’ Day prank. Twenty four hours later, a group of armed Al-Shabab terrorists took over the college that houses 850 students. It took the Kenyan military 15 hours to eliminate four armed terrorists and end the siege.
While the United Nations and most world leaders condemned the attack, the killing of 147 students has largely gone unnoticed by the international community that stood up in solidarity just a few months ago against the Charlie Hebdo killings. Watch.
Why is No One Angry?
Voices from within the African diaspora have questioned the lack of global concern and outrage at the gruesome murders. Nana Yaw Buobo describes himself as a politician and ‘Socialist Pan Africanist’ on Facebook. On April 4, he put up a post asking why the African Muslim community failed to raise its voice for its children.
A vicious murderous massacre of university students took place in Kenya in Africa a few days ago by Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabab with over 147 dead. But unlike the Je Suis Hebdo massacre in France when the WORLD STOPPED the WORLD is happily enjoying their Easter festivities with NO MARCH BY WORLD LEADERS in Narobi or Garissa. And our own African Union, African leaders and Religious Leaders especially within the Moslem community are as silent as DEATH.
The attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo became an international symposium for free speech. The Paris March for Free Press brought together Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the same stage. Their stiff-necked international disputes seemed to have taken a backseat for the killing of cartoonists who allegedly disrespected the Prophet. The March also brought together world leaders from Egypt, Turkey and Russia who are known to have persecuted free speech in their own backyards.
JeSuisCharlie badges were also trending on the Golden Globes red carpet. Actors like George Clooney and wife Amal, Hellen Mirren and Jared Leto were seen showing their support for free speech.
Such gestures have never been extended for any terror attack on African soil.
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