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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/2h8R7kc 

    12:13 PM - 23 Dec 2016
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    • HAMSOFLY Joe Ladium Education Consultant Simon Okelo Chea Corporate Conferences Tanzania Joel Muinde Hesmond ashira Maimuna Garba
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      1. Davis Kashweka‏ @DKashweka 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        oh oh oh ok

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      2. Onyebuchi David‏ @onyebuchidavid5 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It Is Wrong For Ecowas To Interfere In Gambia Sovereignty

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      3. Obot Ubong  🔴 🔵‏ @ObotUbong 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @onyebuchidavid5 @BBCAfrica

        it's like saying it is wrong for UN to interfere in any country.

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      4. Onyebuchi David‏ @onyebuchidavid5 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ObotUbong @BBCAfrica

        That Dosent Mean You Can Just Enter A Country Because Of A Stubborn President

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      5. Obot Ubong  🔴 🔵‏ @ObotUbong 23 Dec 2016
        Replying to @onyebuchidavid5 @BBCAfrica

        your not entering cos of a stubborn president, your entering to avert civil war and save innocent lives.

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      1. Mostapha‏ @Mostaph49403243 5 Jan 2017
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        why ECOWAS didn't intervene in Libya? They bow down to the west and allow Libya to become what it is today.

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      1. Paul‏ @ochungopm 25 Dec 2016
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        @onyebuchi David It is Africans like you who make Africa look at things with impunity

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      1. Nathan Douglas Ngumi‏ @NathanNgumi 24 Dec 2016
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        There are precedents to a dictator being ousted by neighbours involvement e.g Idi Amin in '79, Mobutu in' 97. Jammeh must go.

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      1. Hesmond ashira‏ @AshiraHesmond 23 Dec 2016
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        yes he lost and must GO!! Senegal keep up

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      1. The book of Eli‏ @letswalo_alfred 23 Dec 2016
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        after every war and conflict there is peace, then why go to war then?

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      1. biraro‏ @jbiraro 23 Dec 2016
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        @dfkm1970 @BBCNews hahahaha African leadership it never stops to amuse people

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      1. Ways and Means Africa‏ @almanook 23 Dec 2016
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        SADC, @AU_PSD must learn from ECOWAS and resolve DRC impasse.

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