The rate at which foreign media portrays news regarding Africa is appalling and actually calls for action.
When New Zealand recorded low death rate, the media associated that with accolades like “Great leadership and Scientific adherence”. The same happened in the case of Sweden; the media was caught praise-singing the Swedish government with terms like “excellence” and the application of proactive measures.
Can you stop this insults! You predicted we will all die because of lack of health facilities, to your disappointment we survived. Now we have low death rate because of poverty?
However, when the entire Africa recorded low death rate, the same media started by saying it was an understatement of figures. Now, the narrative has changed. The media, especially BBC is rather thanking poverty for fighting the pandemic in Africa; a reportage which has since sparked outrage.
