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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 23 Dec 2016

    "If he is not going, we have stand-by forces already alerted," Ecowas warns The Gambia's Yahya Jammehhttp://bbc.in/2h8Wyjd 

    5:00 AM - 23 Dec 2016
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      2. Ian Raymond Osolo‏ @IanOsolo 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        NO! NO! Don't we already have enough wars? Senegal will start a war which may last decades. I say NO to any military intervention

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. BEEGEAGLES BLOG‏ @beegeaglesblog 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @IanOsolo @BBCAfrica

        Nothing of the sort is going to happen against an army of one battalion. ECOMOG did it in Sierra Leone which >

        1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
      4. BEEGEAGLES BLOG‏ @beegeaglesblog 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @beegeaglesblog @BBCAfrica @IanOsolo

        < had far more powerful opposing forces. The country is split down the middle as is. Fence sitters shall gravitate >

        1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
      5. BEEGEAGLES BLOG‏ @beegeaglesblog 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @beegeaglesblog @BBCAfrica @IanOsolo

        < towards the side of incoming expeditionary forces. I am a West African and this is how it has to be IF>

        1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
      6. BEEGEAGLES BLOG‏ @beegeaglesblog 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @beegeaglesblog @BBCAfrica @IanOsolo

        < the democratic culture has to be deepened. We have a culture here of preserving democratic practice thro >

        1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
      7. BEEGEAGLES BLOG‏ @beegeaglesblog 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @beegeaglesblog @BBCAfrica @IanOsolo

        < regional interventions, sometimes by military force, sometimes by high-end diplomatic pressure. It works always

        1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
      8. BEEGEAGLES BLOG‏ @beegeaglesblog 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @beegeaglesblog @BBCAfrica @IanOsolo

        Between 1998-2005 in Sierra Leone, Togo, Liberia & Guinea Bissau, ECOWAS did this. Sierra Leone have since then >

        1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
      9. BEEGEAGLES BLOG‏ @beegeaglesblog 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @beegeaglesblog @BBCAfrica @IanOsolo

        < enjoyed 18 unbroken years of democratic governance while Liberia have had 13 years of same. That would never >

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      1. Juka Ceesay‏ @jukacares 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        @ecowas_cedeao Glad to see #ECOWAS take strong stance against dictators like Jammeh of #Gambia. @UN @MBuhari @StateDept

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      1. Mykano‏ @mykametu 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Arican leaders need a special kind of lesson to understand that leadership position is not their birth right.

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      1. Eye-saac (#FreeUganda)‏ @Bit20200 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @calestous time to force democracy into Africa. West Africa taking the lead as east Africa watches Burundi, DRC &KASESE @BBCNews

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      2. Mykano‏ @mykametu 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Africa parades presidents with average age of 70 years without wisdom to govern but specialists in division and fraud.

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      1. Johnson Smith‏ @newchineke4Biaf 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        @ecowas_cedeao I hold u re also getting ready to challenge @MBuhari who doesn't obey court both in Ecowas court n in the

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      1. Mykano‏ @mykametu 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        African leaders prefer to be Emperor than a modern leader. Democracy is a world to them rather than obligation.

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      1. Mykano‏ @mykametu 24 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        The reason for under development in Africa is the unreasonable attitude of the leaders.

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      1. Abdurrazaq Yahaya‏ @senatorAyesq 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Senegal troops take it easy leadership or power is like that jammeh will go but not just like u think it.

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      1. ebrima barrow‏ @eboybarrow 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        I love Senegal

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      1. Ali danladi‏ @alidanladi21 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        anfara,toh ayi da hankali dai, avoid collateral damage

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      2. Eli Nnamdi Umeh‏ @eli_umeh 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @NwekeJero @BBCNews nonsense they should respect the constitution of Gambians even US revoted n recount in some states so why not

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      3. Eli Nnamdi Umeh‏ @eli_umeh 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @eli_umeh @BBCAfrica and

        the Ecowas conduct fresh election n monitor to save life's now. @MBuhari is a dictator n terrorist. #rethink

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