Thread by @DefenseNigeria

You know what's sad about this footage? Its that no matter what, Africa will NEVER be given the due credit and respect it deserves.

It took a coalition of 68 countries to take down ISIS in Syria and Iraq. It took the naval forces of dozens of countries to provide safe passages for merchant vessels and oil tankers in Somalia's coast. Heck A-STAN enjoyed an $85 billion military aid package and still faltered.

Nigeria on the other hand, a nation with no prior experience in COIN warfare has done/is doing what very few countries in the world can manage..that is containing the deadliest terrorist group in the world and securing the worlds most dangerous waterways simultaneoulsy...ALONE

French and American drones are not striking Boko Haram targets despite having six drone bases stretching from Mali to Cameroon. They are not sharing intell with Nigeria. Instead its been sanctions and accusations and arms embargo and covert saboteuring. Despite this

the military has shown resilience. Freedom of navigation in the Gulf of Guinea is courtesy of the Nigerian Navy, employing the worlds most sophisticated maritime surveillance security architecture. You will never, i repeat, NEVER see this on western television.

Unlike Mali or Syria or Libya, the Nigerian military has kept the insurgency localized and contained.

The Gulf of Guinea largely secure, economic activities continuous. Yet the French peddles a narrative of an Africa that cannot defend itself an needs French protection.

Africa with its young billion + people is the continent of the future, and Nigeria with its 200+ million people will be at the forefront of that future. Some countries see it.

Turkey is opening embassies across Africa to expand political ties and markets for its industries.

Japan. The world's 3rd largest economy is hosting an Africa Summit in Tunisia next year as it tries to catch up to China's big lead all across Africa.

Russia is planning a Summit in Ethiopia after hosting a similar meeting in Russia in 2019.

Meanwhile the west is hell bent on

trying to show its people how terrible Africa is. While some countries see Africa's potential and seek to create partnerships and investments, the western media is engaging in the parading of malnourished and naked African children in front of cameras and images of

lions and gorillas in the jungle, have dominated most Western media news outlets over the past two decades. Even when high ranking officials visit they rarely stray from the narrative. For example..no U.S president has stepped foot on African soil in six years.

For Nigeria its 25 years. When former U.S first lady, Melania Trump visited Africa, they still couldnt help themselves. This is the image they chose to frame her visit to Africa

This is the 21st century and Africa deserves to be treated as something more than a photoop safari. The presentation of Africa by Western media audiences in especially France is that the entire continent of Africa is hopeless, poverty and disease stricken.

Images of skyscrapers, well developed road networks and other manifestations of modern development in most African countries are usually absent in the mindset of western media audiences.