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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 22 Jul 2016

    Former US envoy to #SouthSudan proposes UN and AU takeover to end political crisis. Your reaction? Send WhatsApp audio msg to +447341070844

    4:36 AM - 22 Jul 2016
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      1. Bakare‏ @AbdillahiBakare 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @NicholasK111 Throwback to 1800. Give them a space and time they will settle their differences. No need 4 competing interest.

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      1. ያፈት-Yafu‏ @YG_afro 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        US needs to take its own advice. For African countries to prosper we must to terms to peace within our own terms. Self reliance.

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      1. daddy nkuvu‏ @daddywena 22 Jul 2016
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        we are not in the past with colonies. They need to sort it out themselves.

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      1. memusa‏ @westernroques 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        no way is this acceptable no matter how bad the sitn is currently. Those pushing for this are spoilers

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      1. Ohide Otome‏ @olohiu 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        simplistic solution without substance but bigotry.

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      2. N A T #AfricanGangs‏ @TashaBelle 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        US cops r finishing black Americans, when's UN intervening?🙄🙄 and @viralmediamark who told you #UN & #AU got no special interest?

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      3. ViralMedia‏ @viralmediamark 29 Jul 2016
        Replying to @TashaBelle @BBCAfrica

        Point taken

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      1. Zack Sande‏ @SandeZack 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        well the US is also facing not a little political rancour, some killings etc maybe the UN should take it over too.....

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      1. Mekonnen መኮነን‏ @Mckonnen 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        the same entities that pushed for independent state? Why not help South Sudan solve its current crisis?

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      1. Kuol Baak‏ @Machartuong 22 Jul 2016
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        In South Sudanese affairs, the white man does not even pretend to hide his bigotry! I can't believe this in the 21c.

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      1. Solomon ONYANGO‏ @SolomonONYANGO 22 Jul 2016
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        it's an option but the proposition is not conclusive

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      1. Akebu-Lan Muse‏ @KholaKrew 22 Jul 2016
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        from one inept government to two ineffectual institutions? What will be achieved?

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      1. Margaret Baguma‏ @MargaretBeen 23 Jul 2016
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        anything to stop the killing.

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      1. Proverbs 5:3‏ @jackndunya 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        should have been done yesterday!

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      1. Garang A. Deng‏ @Garang211 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Only a home grown solution can work.

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      1. IamDaOne‏ @SlybellSosah 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I believe it will create chaos in a short term since SPLA will try to resist, but in a long run, the people will be the winners.

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      1. Thiel Philip Malong‏ @MalongThiel 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        it seems like #SouthSudan is in a race that has no finish line. #armsembargo will do a fair job.

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      1. Obamiyi Ekundayo‏ @ObamiyiEkundayo 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Let AU take over not UN-AU

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      1. AJ‏ @angelo7814 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        as South Sudanese American I disagree with that because thugs belong to jails and it's them who failed South Sudan

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