Nigeria Bleeds, Mother Africa Cries.

It seems since the new year, 2012 began, not a day passes by without any good news from our brothers in Nigeria. We always hear of bombings which lead to many deaths in some of the Nigerian northern states. More people are being killed by the islamic sect Boko Haram in the name of religion. There is a state of insecurity in nigeria as i write this post. More Christians are fleeing from the northern states as the islamic sect has given them an ultimatum to leave the north or face death. I would like to know what the African Union is doing to combat such terrorist activities? Are they waiting for this crisis to engulf the whole of the West African subregion before they take the necessary actions. When this crisis gets out of hand it will affect the whole of the African continent. Beccuase, when Nigeria starts bleeding, the whole of Africa will cry and the repercursions would be disastrous. What if the Christians in the southern part of the country also decide to sack or kill all moslems there, the unthinkable will happen. What is happening in the north amounts to genocide as hundreds of people are being killed by the Boko Haram sect every week. I just cant fathom what the Nigerian security services are doing about all these killings. ECOWAS must be seen doing something to help the Nigerian Government on this crisis, but it seems the nigerians have been left to their own fate. We should not wait for an escalationb of the crisis before we start sending aid and troops into Nigeria to put an end to the carnage going on there. We should not behave like ostriches and put our heads in the sand and pretend nothing is happening. I love my continent so much that my heart will be broken if this crisis is not resolved by all means possible. We must start behaving like the brothers that we are on our dear continent and help one another in times of conflicts. What happened to the so called African solutions to solve African problems? We should becareful of this Nigerian crisis becuase it can seriuosly affect the growth and development of the African continent. When Mother Africa cries, who do you expect to wipe away the tears for her? Your guess is as good as mine, but hey, you should know that these are just the thoughts of an African brother who loves his continent very much and cant afford to see the continent fail the unborn generations, so lets help stop the bleeding going on in Nigeria.