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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 21 Oct 2016

    “Africa must wake up to the reality that homosexuals are here to stay” 📻 http://bbc.in/2edRQCM pic.twitter.com/cSQy58FmAo

    9:07 AM - 21 Oct 2016
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    • Dj_yailaula Paddy Gaul Namakula Larsson ICT KONNECT Mashoba Luke Madden Amos Kitonga charlotte sometimes Mwesi 🧟‍♂️
    19 replies 29 retweets 25 likes
      1. Harunah Kiyemba‏ @harunahkiye 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is the most unfortunate statement ever Homosexuality is Evil and is not welcome in Africa

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      1. ((2020PresidentialCandidate))‏ @Mindset2Africa 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Africans know that they have been with Africans from generations it's just the legality of it that's unacceptable to many

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      1. Clive Mbs‏ @Clive_Mbs 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        But some African countries eg SA legalised it than European/western countries doing it now.So sit down. It can't happen overnight

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      1. Mínaj  🥀‏ @LoveeLifeLaugh 23 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        the replies on this are LOOOOOL 😂😂😂

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      1. Louis Ndow Mendy‏ @bea97a2851bb43e 22 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I just don't why this homosexual behavior is to be imposed on others?

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      2. Donald Isiguzoro‏ @DonaldIsiguzoro 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Homosexual is evil, God hates it with Passion. Always remember Sodom n Gomorrah. If u are one, note that Gods anger is on u.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Donald Isiguzoro‏ @DonaldIsiguzoro 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @DonaldIsiguzoro @BBCAfrica

        There are beautiful gals and handsome guys everywhere, why same sex for crying it loud? This is behavioural disorder!!!

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Onwuchekwe collins‏ @onwuchekwe 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        fuck this dude

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      1. Japan_Rover‏ @Japan_Rover 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Come on! Since when has Mother Nature witnessed a Hen chasing a cock or a cock chasing another for you know what! Wake up BBC!

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      1. xenon‏ @BrianSorry 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        not gonna happen

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      1. pm mbekenya‏ @PmMbekenya 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        its not an African culture,its a vice we care to eliminate in the african society but you can keep it if its in your veins

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      1. Jeremiah Robert‏ @JerryyRobert 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        if the whole Africa will accept it I Will not. #Verified

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      1. John Makaranga‏ @MakarangaJohn 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        worse than pigs and dogs

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      1. OMONY JOSEPH VITA‏ @josephomony23 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        not all "here to stays" are good. even so, terrorism, poverty, diseases are here to stay. silly justification

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      1. Bldr Nura Adamu‏ @RealDanAttah 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        No body is born homosexual it is only an immoral behaviour.

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      1. Juggernaut Maniac‏ @EldaRicardo 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        You cannot force Africans to accept what they do not want..

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      1. Street Outlaw!‏ @Isa_sadiq 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        allow us in our dreams if that is the reality we are waking up to!!!

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      1. Royalweaviation‏ @Royalweaviation 21 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        . #Rubbish# that homosexuals are here to stay”

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