International community always focuses on their own interests

We are hearing a lot about the uprisings and revolutions in the Middle East because the international community has vested interests. Most of the world's fuel currently comes from the Middle East and North Africa, so the international community really care what happens there. 

But what about what is going on in Ivory Coast? Things have been going out of control there for the past 4 months, ever since the incumbent president decided to not step down and listen to the results of the elections. It's not the only country in crisis that has been largely ignored by the international community. What about Somalia? The only time you hear about Somalia is when one more ship gets hijacked in the gulf of Eden. What about Sierra Leone? What about Nigeria? What about Sudan, which is now poised to be split into 2 countries after the referendum? I could go on listing big and small African countries where things are tense however it's all moot.  There is little or no interest for this news and it's not freely flowing. 

Overall I've noticed that since the uprisings first started in Tunisia, the news coming out of the rest of Africa has diminished to a trickle. Yes since the middle of January you'd be hard pressed to find too much written about the problems affecting Somalia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and any other African country where things are shaky.