The Face of Evil - Boko Haram in Nigeria

This is quite horrifying, don't look at the picture, squint past it if you haven't a strong stomach, but read it, this is important.

WHY are the atrocities in Africa not reported on as prominently as those in the middle east, why do we involve ourselves in some and not others?

I do not believe it is because the victims are black, I cannot believe it is because the victims are Christian.

How do we allow this to continue without trying to remedy the situation?
The blogger is British, but changes the mileage and he could as well be American.

Some two thousand miles away in Deir ez-Zur, Syria, Islamists have besieged the city of 120,000 souls. Women are raped in the street, men beheaded on the banks of the Euphrates, and children are left to starve. The Islamic State (aka Daesh) is in control, and our media and political class insist that we must open our borders to those who can flee the persecution.
Some two thousand miles away in Dalori, Nigeria, Islamists have beseiged the village of an unknown number of souls. Women are shot, men blown to smithereens, and children burned alive in their homes. Boko Haram (which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, aka Daesh) is in control, and our media and political class have condemned the slaughter.