| 1 | Oct 30, '23 | The UN says nearly seven million people are now internally displaced within the Democratic Republic of Congo due to escalating violence. According to the UN, the DRC is facing one | 34.3× | 11.3M | 19k | 18k | 1.2k |
| 2 | Sep 18, '23 | 🇿🇦 "I hate foreigners and the government is doing nothing." #BBCAfricaEye investigates the rise of xenophobia in South Africa and the violent targeting of migrants. 🎥 Watch the | 34× | 11.2M | 7.9k | 5.2k | 5.2k |
| 3 | Oct 20, '20 | There have been reports of shooting at the location of an #EndSARS protest in Lekki, a wealthy suburb of Lagos, Nigeria. A number of people are reported killed and injured. | 16.6× | 0 | 57k | 72k | 140 |
| 4 | Jun 22, '18 | Can you believe DJ Switch only started DJ-ing about a year ago? Check out this Ghanaian superstar in action. | 15.9× | 0 | 99k | 45k | 1.3k |
| 5 | Sep 24, '18 | THREAD In July 2018, a horrifying video began to circulate on social media. 2 women & 2 young children are led away by a group of soldiers. They are blindfolded, forced to the | 15.3× | 0 | 58k | 43k | 3.3k |
| 6 | Apr 16, '20 | The now TikTok famous dancing pallbearers from Ghana ⚰️ | 14.9× | 0 | 86k | 40k | 3.4k |
| 7 | Jan 8, '24 | Man of God? Or predatory cult leader? A ground-breaking investigation into the world famous televangelist preacher, TB Joshua, told by the people closest to him: his Disciples. 📽️ | 11.8× | 3.9M | 7.4k | 4.4k | 5.6k |
| 8 | Sep 5, '25 | ''I want people to see London the way I see it.'' Known to nearly 300,000 followers as 'Bus Aunty', a London-based nurse Bemi Orojuogun went viral after one of her bus videos hit 4 | 9.2× | 3M | 35k | 4.8k | 3.7k |
| 9 | Oct 18, '20 | Calls to #EndSARS are not new. Earlier this year, an investigation by #BBCAfricaEye found that SARS officer, Yusuf Kolo tortured a young man to death in 2014. Kolo was later promot | 8.1× | 0 | 22k | 39k | 518 |
| 10 | Oct 9, '20 | The hashtag #ENDSARS has been trending at no.1 worldwide today, as protestors continue to demand a notorious police unit in Nigeria, is disbanded. #BBCAfricaLive | 7.6× | 0 | 29k | 31k | 65 |
| 11 | Sep 8, '22 | We take a look back at Queen Elizabeth II's longstanding relationship with Africa. | 7.3× | 0 | 39k | 8.2k | 4.9k |
| 12 | Dec 23, '24 | Alex Iwobi has been spreading festive cheer in east London by opening up his own temporary shop. The Fulham and Nigeria star has been giving out free food, including turkeys, t | 6.9× | 2.3M | 22k | 4.4k | 768 |
| 13 | Sep 21, '22 | "I'm destined for something great" 18-year-old Nigerian Ahmed Salami always dreamed of stardom. He was born with autism, cerebral palsy and ADHD. He posts weekly videos on YouTube | 6.5× | 0 | 42k | 14k | 1.9k |
| 14 | Jul 6, '23 | Parliament in Ghana 🇬🇭 have backed a proposed amendment to an anti-gay bill that would make identifying as LGBT punishable by a 3 year prison sentence. People who campaign for LG | 6.4× | 2.1M | 24k | 4.9k | 200 |
| 15 | Jun 20, '24 | A new wave of Kenyan youth protests is shaking up the status quo, challenging unpopular tax proposals and making headlines. Here’s what’s happening:🧵(1/8) | 5.8× | 1.9M | 30k | 10k | 790 |
| 16 | Aug 30, '23 | Two schoolgirls from Lagos, Nigeria, have invented a water purifying device which turns contaminated water into safe drinking water. The girls won the Stockholm Junior Water Prize | 5.7× | 1.9M | 21k | 9.4k | 1k |
| 17 | Oct 2, '23 | Breaking: A cheap malaria vaccine that can be produced on a massive scale has been recommended for use by the World Health Organization. The vaccine has been developed by the Unive | 5.5× | 1.8M | 6.4k | 2.1k | 156 |
| 18 | Dec 17, '24 | The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium saying that Apple's supply chain is contaminated with "blood minerals". Their lawyers argue App | 5.5× | 1.8M | 11k | 5.8k | 1.3k |
| 19 | Sep 29, '23 | 'It's as if they blamed my daughter for being black.' The mother of the young girl at the centre of a viral video - in which she is the only child not given a medal at a gymnastics | 5.5× | 1.8M | 7k | 3k | 476 |
| 20 | Oct 9, '20 | Eyewitnesses have told the BBC that police have been using tear gas at today's #EndSARS protest in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. | 5.3× | 0 | 22k | 22k | 60 |
| 21 | May 16, '23 | Nigeria election: The mystery of the altered results in disputed poll | 5.1× | 1.7M | 7.2k | 5.9k | 305 |
| 22 | Feb 28, '24 | Ghana’s Parliament has unanimously passed a controversial anti-gay bill that prescribes a 3-year jail term for identifying as LGBTQ+ and a 5-year imprisonment for promoting LGBTQ+ | 5.0× | 1.6M | 13k | 3.6k | 415 |
| 23 | Sep 16, '19 | This Nigerian magician wants to be the best in the world.🧙🏾♂️ 19-year-old, Babs Cardini wows audiences by performing tricks on the streets of Lagos. He showed us his most popula | 4.7× | 0 | 26k | 14k | 1.1k |
| 24 | Mar 6, '25 | Nigerian lawmakers have suspended a senator for six months, a day after she submitted a petition alleging she had been sexually harassed by the senate president. Natasha Akpoti-Udu | 4.6× | 1.5M | 9k | 7.2k | 477 |
| 25 | Feb 16, '20 | Uganda's Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies aged 15 | 4.6× | 0 | 25k | 11k | 436 |
| 26 | Aug 19, '25 | A man who was arrested on suspicion of racially abusing Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo during the opening match of the Premier League season has been banned from every footbal | 4.4× | 1.4M | 32k | 3.3k | 344 |
| 27 | Oct 6, '19 | For the past year, BBC Africa Eye has been secretly investigating sexual harassment by lecturers at West Africa's most prestigious universities. Stay tuned... 👁 #BBCAfricaEye l #S | 4.3× | 0 | 19k | 14k | 817 |
| 28 | Oct 21, '20 | The Nigerian National Broadcasting Commission warns media houses not to "embarrass government" as #EndSARS protests lead to deaths. #BBCAfricaLive | 4.3× | 0 | 11k | 20k | 70 |
| 29 | Mar 1, '23 | Bola Ahmed Tinubu has become Nigeria’s new president-elect winning the vote. Following a hotly-contested general election, Mr. Tinubu becomes the country’s fifth president since th | 4.2× | 1.4M | 7.8k | 2k | 68 |
| 30 | May 24, '23 | “South Africa is an ally of Russia” - Julius Malema. The leader of South Africa’s third-largest political party says he would “supply weapons to Russia” because Moscow is “in a war | 4.0× | 1.3M | 9.6k | 2k | 153 |
| 31 | Feb 12, '18 | A suspected poacher has been eaten by a lion, leaving only his head behind. South African police say the unidentified man's remains were found lying next to a loaded hunting rifle | 4.0× | 0 | 19k | 7.7k | 5 |
| 32 | Feb 10, '20 | THREAD In 2019, #BBCAfricaEye found a series of disturbing videos—many too graphic to share—on social media. They show detainees bound in a particular way. And almost all of them w | 3.8× | 0 | 9.3k | 15k | 1.4k |
| 33 | Apr 25, '25 | 🇰🇪 Last June, blood was spilt at Kenya's Parliament. To this day, those who spilt it have remained hidden to the world. But on Monday, #BBCAfricaEye will expose them. 📽️ Subscri | 3.8× | 1.3M | 14k | 9.3k | 1.4k |
| 34 | May 2, '23 | 🎉 Exciting news 🎉 We're delighted to announce that the talented @WaihigaMwaura will be presenting Focus on Africa TV from Nairobi. He's a respected journalist and a former winner | 3.7× | 1.2M | 13k | 2k | 25 |
| 35 | Oct 14, '20 | Police chief Mohammed Adamu announced that Swat would now carry out the duties of SARS - but protestors want to see a full reform of the police, and many are using #EndSwat to oppo | 3.5× | 0 | 12k | 16k | 13 |
| 36 | Jun 12, '24 | Senegal has started to produce oil for the very first time. It is expected that the project of deep-water extraction aiming to produce 100,000 barrels per day will generate billion | 3.5× | 1.1M | 12k | 2.8k | 528 |
| 37 | Oct 21, '20 | "We were sitting on the ground singing the national anthem, most of us had flags in our hands and we raised it up. They opened fire at us ... it became total chaos." Eyewitnesses o | 3.4× | 0 | 10k | 16k | 86 |
| 38 | Jun 13, '22 | "It’s very painful. We struggle to raise our children and somebody comes and uses them as a business." #BBCAfricaEye and #BBCEyeInvestigations expose how a Chinese video-making ind | 3.3× | 0 | 12k | 9.3k | 1.9k |
| 39 | Nov 4, '20 | The International Criminal Court has opened an inquiry into the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. #BBCAfricaLive | 3.2× | 0 | 14k | 11k | 73 |
| 40 | Nov 16, '23 | Malawi's President Chakwera bans himself and his cabinet from foreign travel | 3.2× | 1M | 8.4k | 2.9k | 139 |
| 41 | Oct 17, '20 | How Nigerian activists and influencers managed to get the world to pay attention to the #EndSars campaign | 3.0× | 0 | 9.5k | 14k | 68 |
| 42 | Sep 2, '25 | Burkina Faso’s unelected transitional parliament has passed a pill criminalising same-sex relationships. It would be punishable by up to five years in jail and fines. Foreign natio | 2.9× | 958k | 12k | 1.4k | 276 |
| 43 | Apr 1, '19 | How's this for some #MondayMotivation? Meet Sackey Percy - Ghana's dancing teacher! We would have been early to class if we got to see moves like this! 🕺🏾👨🏾🏫🇬🇭 | 2.8× | 0 | 18k | 7.2k | 215 |
| 44 | May 24, '25 | Warning: Contains details of sexual assault. Agather Atuhaire, a Ugandan activist arrested and held for days in Tanzania, has told the BBC that she was raped while in custody. | 2.7× | 899k | 7.1k | 2.8k | 662 |
| 45 | Oct 13, '25 | Mali has announced that US nationals visiting the West African country will be required to post a bond of up to $10,000 for business and tourist visas, in response to a similar req | 2.7× | 875k | 15k | 3.5k | 402 |
| 46 | Nov 5, '19 | "I can't stretch my arms, but I can stretch my brain so that I can do great things." 8 year-old Ayeyi has a condition that can cause bones to break at the slightest movement. But d | 2.6× | 0 | 16k | 6.9k | 318 |
| 47 | Dec 6, '22 | One of Nigeria's presidential candidates, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, spoke to Focus On Africa and told @okwoche about: 👉🏾 Why Nigerians should vote for him in the upcoming elections. 👉� | 2.6× | 0 | 11k | 5.4k | 1.3k |
| 48 | May 3, '21 | #BBCAfricaEye exposes a corrupt pension system in Nigeria - one that leaves some elderly people sick and penniless, yet grants some politicians inflated retirement packages. Meet t | 2.6× | 0 | 7.8k | 9.1k | 1k |
| 49 | Jun 8, '19 | This school in Lagos allows parents to pay for their children’s fees with plastic bottles. The group behind the groundbreaking initiative hope to impact the lives of 10,000 childre | 2.5× | 0 | 12k | 8.2k | 229 |
| 50 | Jan 2, '20 | "My wife loves to travel, so I built the aeroplane (house) for her." Said Jammal wanted his wife to always feel like she was living the jet set life, so he built this special home | 2.5× | 0 | 14k | 6k | 924 |
| 51 | Mar 1, '22 | 'They said if you're black, you should walk' Nigerian student Jessica has kept in touch with us about her journey out of Ukraine. She is among the hundreds of thousands of people f | 2.4× | 0 | 11k | 7k | 761 |
| 52 | May 11, '17 | President Mugabe is not sleeping at conferences, but closing his eyes to protect them, his spokesman says. | 2.3× | 0 | 6.4k | 7.6k | 6 |
| 53 | Jun 20, '24 | It started as a display of anger on TikTok against a controversial financial bill. Now, Kenyan youth have taken to the streets in demonstrations that are not organised by political | 2.3× | 763k | 17k | 6.9k | 296 |
| 54 | Jul 9, '25 | Kenya's President William Ruto has ordered police to shoot protesters targeting businesses in the legs, to incapacitate but not to kill them. The UN and rights groups have accused | 2.3× | 762k | 8.4k | 4.4k | 229 |
| 55 | Apr 23, '19 | "I'm intersex, I don't get periods and I'm going through menopause." Babalwa is intersex - genetically male, but physically female. She and her partner Thando spoke to our health p | 2.2× | 0 | 12k | 5.9k | 916 |
| 56 | Jan 25, '21 | 🇰🇪 With police widely mistrusted in Kenya, many people are turning to private detectives to solve crimes. None is more famous, or controversial, than Jane Mugo.🕵️♀️ Meet "Kenya | 2.1× | 0 | 8.3k | 3.4k | 1.4k |
| 57 | Apr 13, '21 | Burkina Faso's exiled ex-president, Blaise Compaoré, is to be tried for the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, a pan-African icon, during the 1987 coup in which he to | 2.1× | 0 | 11k | 5.5k | 197 |
| 58 | Sep 7, '17 | 🤕 "Don't break your head!" Nigeria's first skate crew on the growing scene in Lagos, and how many residents aren't sure what to make of it. | 2.1× | 0 | 13k | 6.3k | 14 |
| 59 | Apr 27, '25 | 📽️ You can now watch the #BBCAfricaEye documentary, 'Blood Parliament' here: | 2.0× | 674k | 8.9k | 5.2k | 794 |
| 60 | May 10, '19 | "I don't feel bad when my Christian friends go for meals because I know the reason for fasting." Nadia is 10-years-old and has been fasting for #Ramadan since she was eight. She te | 2.0× | 0 | 9.2k | 7.3k | 123 |
| 61 | Dec 20, '23 | William Ruto: The ‘tax collector’ president sparking Kenyans' anger | 2.0× | 663k | 8.5k | 3.9k | 275 |
| 62 | Apr 10, '25 | Police in Kenya fired tear gas during protests at a school drama festival over Echoes of War, a play some officials consider critical of the government. The play is set in a fictio | 2.0× | 663k | 17k | 8.4k | 370 |
| 63 | Sep 22, '25 | Botswana has declared a public holiday to celebrate the country's victory in the men's 4x400 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, the first African nation to win t | 2.0× | 662k | 14k | 2.1k | 209 |
| 64 | Nov 24, '18 | "I started taking pictures when I was 4, but I started with the camera when I was 2." Moyinoluwa Oluwaseun is the 7-year-old superstar photographer from Nigeria who is snapping all | 2.0× | 0 | 13k | 5.5k | 151 |
| 65 | Jun 7, '18 | The wait is over: @anasglobal's two-year long undercover investigation into football in Africa has revealed shocking footage of over 100 referees and officials taking cash before m | 1.9× | 0 | 8.3k | 6.4k | 181 |
| 66 | Jul 8, '19 | They made it! The aircraft assembled by these South African teenagers has successfully landed in Egypt six weeks after it set off from Cape Town ➡️ | 1.8× | 0 | 10k | 5.3k | 119 |
| 67 | Mar 18, '25 | Meet the three-year-old girl who braids hair like a professional. | 1.8× | 590k | 8.5k | 1.6k | 888 |
| 68 | Oct 10, '22 | What does @PeterObi think is the single most important issue in Nigeria? @okwoche talks to one of Nigeria's presidential candidates tomorrow on Focus On Africa at 1730GMT. | 1.8× | 0 | 11k | 5.3k | 141 |
| 69 | Jan 9, '19 | What's 78,000 x 550? 10-year-old, Sibahle Zwane can work that out for you - without using a calculator! (Btw, answer is: 42,900,000) | 1.7× | 0 | 9.2k | 5.1k | 95 |
| 70 | Jun 29, '19 | "If we can build a plane, you can build a spaceship." These teenagers from South Africa proved they’re off to a flying start by building a plane that is currently on its way from C | 1.7× | 0 | 9.2k | 5k | 134 |
| 71 | Oct 7, '19 | Thread: Sex for Grades - university lecturers harassing female students, pressuring them for sex in return for grades or admission - is a scandal that's gone on for decades. You as | 1.6× | 0 | 6.6k | 5.5k | 685 |
| 72 | Jul 8, '18 | James Maina Mwangi says he owns: ⚪160 suits ⚪300+ caps ⚪200+ pairs of shoes. Fashion icon? | 1.6× | 0 | 8.8k | 4k | 488 |
| 73 | Jan 14, '25 | Kenya is undergoing a wave of abductions, with many youngsters taken in broad daylight. Billy Mwangi was returned to his family after 15 days. Other families haven't had the same l | 1.6× | 524k | 10k | 6.6k | 300 |
| 74 | Jun 25, '25 | Here's a quick round-up of the protests in Kenya against police brutality: 🧵 Thousands of people are taking part in demonstrations across the country. | 1.6× | 523k | 11k | 3.6k | 234 |
| 75 | Jun 23, '20 | When your parents said ‘go outside and play’, did you get as creative as this? Meet the Nigerian Ikorodu Bois, a dynamic comedy group that has caught the attention of top Hollywood | 1.6× | 0 | 11k | 4.1k | 153 |
| 76 | Sep 23, '25 | Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an "instrument of neo-colonialist repression". | 1.5× | 505k | 7.6k | 1.8k | 247 |
| 77 | Jun 25, '24 | Privately owned KTN TV station says it has received shutdown threats from the government for covering the on-going protests. | 1.5× | 488k | 21k | 8.2k | 169 |
| 78 | Oct 16, '18 | “Mum, why am I different from other people? Why is it that when I pass, people laugh at me?” Her name is Angel & she also happens to have the voice of one 👼🏾#BBCWhatsNew met | 1.5× | 0 | 8.3k | 4.1k | 129 |
| 79 | Nov 23, '24 | He became Kenya’s president two years ago riding on the crest of the Christian vote. But now, William Ruto has been accused by other Christians as a leader who is "not serving God’ | 1.3× | 441k | 13k | 6.1k | 367 |
| 80 | Sep 10, '19 | "My Dad showed me some videos of Messi, @10Ronaldinho, @IAmOkocha and I just started practising." Chinonso Eche is the 11-year-old football freestyling superstar, who hopes to be a | 1.3× | 0 | 7.7k | 4k | 72 |
| 81 | Jul 8, '25 | In Osun State southwest Nigeria, a traditional king is defying tradion - by running a free school for underprivileged kids across Nigeria. King Adedokun Abolarin teaches in the cla | 1.3× | 427k | 8k | 3.5k | 812 |
| 82 | May 3, '19 | "My next project will be a helicopter that will fly with a wireless remote." Hope Emmanuel Frank is the Nigerian teenage engineer who uses old batteries and syringes to power up hi | 1.2× | 0 | 7k | 3.7k | 85 |
| 83 | Nov 19, '24 | Kenya’s Catholic Church has rejected a donation of about $40,000 made by President William Ruto. He offered the money towards the building of a priest’s house and as a gift to the | 1.2× | 396k | 8.1k | 3k | 152 |
| 84 | Nov 2, '19 | "The main differences of my life in Ghana & the US is the peace. Ghana is a peaceful place." Ghana has declared 2019 the #YearOfReturn and is encouraging the African diaspora t | 1.2× | 0 | 7k | 3.3k | 303 |
| 85 | Aug 16, '21 | Congratulations to Senegal-born @KhabyLame, who's become the first TikTok creator in Europe and only the second in the world to hit 💯 million followers 🤩 What's your favourite sk | 1.2× | 0 | 10k | 2.1k | 39 |
| 86 | Jun 25, '24 | Kenya is bracing itself for a series of protests this Tuesday against a controversial financial bill. Ahead of the #Rejectfinancebill2024 protests, Kenyan doctors are setting up tw | 1.2× | 390k | 8k | 4.4k | 68 |
| 87 | Sep 1, '20 | Kenya's Victoria Rubadiri wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award | 1.2× | 0 | 9.7k | 2.2k | 29 |
| 88 | Dec 9, '20 | President Nana Akufo-Addo has been re-elected president in Ghana, the Ghana Electoral Commission has announced. #GhanaDecides | 1.2× | 0 | 9.5k | 2.3k | 22 |
| 89 | Jan 28, '22 | ‘We wanted to be Hollywood in Nollywood.’ A group of teenagers from Kaduna, Nigeria, started making Sci-Fi films in 2016. 🎬🍿 But with limited equipment, how did @thecritics001 en | 1.2× | 0 | 7.6k | 3.1k | 343 |
| 90 | Apr 20, '24 | Congrats to Nigerian 🇳🇬 Chess master ♟️Tunde Onakoya ♟️ - @Tunde_OD - who has broken the record for the longest chess marathon, after playing for over 58 consecutive hours. | 1.1× | 369k | 7k | 1.9k | 79 |
| 91 | Jul 11, '20 | "Where I live there are no male ballet dancers...[people] think it's only for girls" 11-year-old Nigerian dancing sensation Anthony Madu tells us about his dreams of becoming a pro | 1.1× | 0 | 7.1k | 2.9k | 155 |
| 92 | Dec 8, '24 | Breaking: Ruling party candidate Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat to former President John Mahama in Ghana's general elections held on Saturday. But the elec | 1.1× | 365k | 8.2k | 2k | 88 |
| 93 | May 14, '25 | Kenya's President William Ruto has no shortage of nicknames - from "El Chapo" to "Deputy Jesus." But what do they all mean? We break down the stories behind each of his many aliase | 1.1× | 365k | 7.4k | 2.1k | 390 |
| 94 | May 16, '22 | Kenya's Raila Odinga, one of the frontrunners in this year's presidential election, has picked Martha Karua as his running mate. If elected in August the veteran politician will be | 1.1× | 0 | 8.7k | 2.1k | 10 |
| 95 | May 1, '25 | Blood Parliament: MP say Kenya has “moved on”. Kenyan MPs say the BBC's Africa Eye documentary on last year’s anti-tax protests paints the country in a bad light. Human rights grou | 1.0× | 344k | 9.9k | 4.8k | 303 |
| 96 | Feb 25, '19 | While presenting a segment at the Oscars Trevor Noah used a Xhosa phrase which he said meant: “In times like these, we are stronger when we fight together than when we try to fight | 1.0× | 0 | 6.3k | 2.4k | 82 |
| 97 | Jun 27, '25 | Kenya has been hit by a recent wave of repression, tarnishing its reputation as a beacon of democracy in East Africa. Critics fear that it is sliding down the path of Uganda and Ta | 1.0× | 329k | 7.5k | 3.9k | 156 |
| 98 | Sep 24, '18 | The two women killed outside Zelevet received no trial at all. No presumption of innocence was extended to the children who died with them. | 0.9× | 0 | 6.5k | 2.1k | 15 |
| 99 | Apr 28, '25 | 'They aimed to kill' - #BBCAfricaEye identifies security forces who shot Kenya anti-tax protesters | 0.9× | 284k | 11k | 4.2k | 141 |
| 100 | Sep 24, '18 | After a tip off from a Cameroonian source, we found an exact match for that ridge line on Google Earth | 0.8× | 0 | 6.9k | 1.6k | 23 |
| 101 | Oct 12 | #BBCAfricaEye has found evidence which suggests three mourners were shot and killed by an elite police unit assigned to the President at a national farewell for Kenya’s former Prim | 0.6× | 193k | 4.7k | 2.7k | 785 |
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