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Stephanie Hegarty BBC News

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Stephanie Hegarty BBC News

@stephhegarty

Population correspondent @BBCNews. Looking at demographic shifts & how they change the way we live. Previously in Nigeria for the BBC. Economic migrant/oyinbo.

LDN via Lagos via Dublin 🇮🇪

Joined April 2009

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Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Aug 1, 2025
Shot in the head and chest. We investigated the killing of two-year-old Layan and six-year-old Mira. We also found many more cases of children shot in the head and chest in Gaza, from the beginning of the war right up until last month.
bbc.co.uk
Two girls shot in Gaza - BBC pieces together what happened and looks at dozens more child shootings
Layan and Mira were killed in proximity to IDF soldiers - the Israeli military says intentional harm to civilians is prohibited and their cases will be examined by the authorities.
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Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Feb 26, 2022
A Nigerian medical student at Poland/Ukraine border (Medyka-Shehyni) told me she has been waiting 7hrs to cross, she says border guards are stopping black people and sending them to the back of the queue, saying they have to let 'Ukrainians' through first.
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Oct 13, 2020
I’m scared for friends who’ve said they’ll protest against police brutality in Nigeria. At least 10 people have been killed already. It’s no small thing that these young people who have had it too hard for too long are now demanding better from their leaders.
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Oct 20, 2020
This man's voice breaking with emotion as he tries to sing the Nigerian national anthem as gunfire pops in the background. Heart-breaking.
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Oct 12, 2020
Judging by the energy I’m receiving around these protests from a continent away, these bans and appeals won’t do much to stop #EndSARS activists.
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Mar 23, 2020
With only 35 confirmed cases this Nigerian pharmacy is doing a better job of social distance than any business here in London I've seen.
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Feb 26, 2022
Replying to @stephhegarty
A student I just spoke with says it was Ukrainian soldiers, not Polish border guards telling him this.
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Oct 12, 2020
The governor of Nigeria’s southern Rivers state says his gov is banning “all forms of protest”. #EndSARS is a protest against police brutality.
Nyesom Ezenwo Wike
@GovWike
Oct 12, 2020
The Rivers State Government hereby wish to inform the general public that all forms of protests have been banned throughout the State. Therefore, all proposed protests under #EndSars Campaign are hereby prohibited.
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Jun 5, 2021
And this is supposedly a democracy...
Reuters U.S. News
@ReutersUS
Jun 4, 2021
Nigeria says it suspends Twitter days after president's post removed reut.rs/3wUQWjO
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Feb 26, 2022
Replying to @stephhegarty
Polish border force spokesperson told me Poland is allowing anyone who comes to the Ukraine border entry to Poland
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Dec 1, 2020
Nigerian Police have tweeted a picture with clear signs of having been photoshopped - claiming to show two suspects with arms haul. See drastic colour differences, white background under mans arm, lack of reflection, blur around the weapons... Tweet has been up for 7hrs now.
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Nov 2, 2022
After two years of a brutal war and thousands of people killed, opposing forces in Ethiopia have agreed to a ceasefire. During peace talks in South Africa lead by Nigeria's former pres Obasanjo.
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Oct 14, 2020
If you want to know what SARS is and why stopping this unit of the Nigerian police is so important to protestors this website is filled with (unverified) personal accounts of ordinary people’s interactions with them endsars.com. Makes for pretty grim reading.
Stephanie Hegarty BBC News
@stephhegarty
Dec 2, 2020
And the tweet is still there 20hrs later.
Nigeria Police Force
@PoliceNG
Dec 1, 2020
#PhotoNews: L-R: Duleji Alhaji Abubakar a.k.a Ori jeje and Talatu Ibrahim from whom six (6) AK49 rifles were recovered.