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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 18 Jan 2017

    The Gambia's Yahya Jammeh's term extended by parliamenthttp://bbc.in/2jJmcNS 

    1:05 AM - 18 Jan 2017
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    15 replies 115 retweets 26 likes
      1. kayaman kahindi‏ @KayamanKahindi 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        África should stand up this man should go

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      1. harunacham‏ @harunacham3 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        please this Parliamentary people did not no what to said they are mad

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      1. Bana Mutibwa‏ @Banamutibwa 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Africa must wake up.

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      1. Samuel Bryan Buabeng‏ @Sambryanbuabeng 18 Jan 2017
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        This backwardness must stop!

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      1. G‏ @Tshilidzi_Rhadz 18 Jan 2017
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        sounds like a beginning of something

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      1. Nautilus‏ @Nefibalata 18 Jan 2017
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        When one man thinks he is irreplaceable

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      1. Roger HABIMANA‏ @rogerox86 18 Jan 2017
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        Total chaos in Gambia!!!

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      1. Future baas‏ @ThapeloAfrika 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        what the hell mara @_AfricanUnion ? #GambiaHasDecided

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      2. @Bilz‏ @BilzBah15 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        omg !! What a stupid and disgraceful decision by Nation Assembly members. I hope they get locked for the decision later

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      1. Olufunmilola‏ @funmibucknor 18 Jan 2017
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        unconstitutional!!!!

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      1. Ethan Kagwa‏ @EthanKagwa 18 Jan 2017
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        smfh we know the jammehs of Africa use 'legal' avenues like parliament to frustrate democracy😉@KagutaMuseveni

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      1. Ewurama Botwe‏ @AmaKagawa 18 Jan 2017
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        really? How constitutional is that?

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      1. NDIDI‏ @Charlz_Jikist 18 Jan 2017
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        any extension from the day of swearing-in typifies Africa's self-captivity in dictatorial confinement & anti-democratic values.

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      1. Yitzhak.‏ @CantellopsCo 18 Jan 2017
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        wonders will never end in Africa

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      1. Nazaire Nduku‏ @NazaireNduku 18 Jan 2017
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        All the MP members should be ashamed of themselves

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