# @bbcnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DV9TwazAOI2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/60051868-bbcnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b33a97ee41.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-16T20:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

Nearly a decade after its defeat in the Middle East, the Islamic State group has shifted its focus to Africa - with IS branches emerging across the continent.
 
Somalia’s semi- autonomous region of Puntland has become on of the group’s main strategic hubs and BBC Africa Eye follows its force on the front line in far-eastern Somalia. 
 
Tap the link in BBCNews’s bio to read more on how IS has reorganised and expanded. 
 
#Somalia #BBCNews

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