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17 May

There has been a spike in deadly violence this year with nearly 100 attacks on both civilian and military targets.

Weapons, food and medicines have all been looted.

Here are the 6 reasons experts say Boko Haram remains undefeated despite government claims - a thread 👇

1: Root causes not addressed.

Neglect from authorities and desperation often drive people toward the militants.

Security analyst Kabiru Adamu says “to address insurgency or terrorism, you need more than military operation. You need to address the root causes of the insurgency”.

2: Boko Haram's ability to recruit.

Poverty in parts of the region and the insurgents' violent methods enable the continued recruitment of generation after generation of fighters.

“People are readily available for recruitment just to survive” - security expert Abdullahi Yalwa.

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BBC News Africa

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2 Apr

THREAD

These are images of a massacre.

A group of unarmed men are led away at gunpoint.

Shots are fired, and the bodies are pushed over a cliff.

Where exactly did this happen? Who are the victims? And who is responsible for these killings?

#BBCAfricaEye investigates...

A warning: these images are distressing.

These videos surfaced on social media on March 9th 2021, along with the claim that they were filmed in the #Tigray region of Ethiopia’s far north.

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BBC News Africa

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29 Mar

THREAD: The Islamic State group have claimed responsibility for an attack on Palma in northern Mozambique, this is how events unfolded.

24 March - Gunmen attack Palma in northern Mozambique. The town is close to a multi-billion dollar gas project led by French oil giant Total. Construction on it had stopped months before due to the violence, and it had just been announced that it would resume.

25 March - Mozambique’s defence ministry confirms that the attack was by Islamist militants who have been staging an insurgency in the region since 2017. They also said that casualties were unknown as the area is unreachable by telephone.

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BBC News Africa

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1 Mar

https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice/status/1361697337693900800

African countries are starting mass Covid vaccination drives using vaccines supplied through Covax, a scheme set up to share doses fairly with poorer nations. 💉

Follow this thread for updates on the countries that have started the vaccines drive. 👇

https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice/status/1361697337693900800

In Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 people began to queue at vaccination centres early on Monday for their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

@NAkufoAddo

Ghana 🇬🇭 is also launching its vaccination drive this week. President @NAkufoAddo on Monday became the first to receive a coronavirus vaccine through the scheme. He urged people to get inoculated and not to believe conspiracy theories casting doubt on the programme.

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2 Nov 20

@AyandaCharlie_

The best scams always come in disguise—and this is the most audacious scam we’ve seen.

For months #BBCAfricaEye and @AyandaCharlie_ investigated Crowd1, a company that claims to be making a ton of money for people across Africa.

This is what we found…

#PyramidKings #Crowd1

This is how it starts.

Someone sends you a message about an amazing opportunity - an easy way to make money with nothing more than your smartphone and some hustle.

If you check out Crowd1 on social media, this is what you see.

Cruises. Cars. New houses.

Amazing promo videos. Massive events. Millions of members.

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BBC News Africa

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21 Sep 20

@NNPCGroup

On March 15 2020, a pipeline explosion in Lagos killed 23 people.

Nigeria’s state oil firm @NNPCGroup said the blast was caused by a truck that hit some gas cylinders.

It’s a story that absolves NNPC of responsibility. But is this story true?

#BBCAfricaEye investigates.

The blast was so powerful that many people assumed a bomb had gone off.

In an instant, 100,000 square metres of Lagos - schools, homes, businesses - were destroyed.

A warning: this thread contains disturbing images.

It hit Soba, a suburb of Lagos, on the morning of Sunday March 15.

At that moment, almost 300 children were gathering for morning mass at Bethlehem Girls College, just across the road.

The next second the school was gone.