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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 18 Jan 2017

    Gambia's President Jammeh refuses to leave office as deadline passeshttp://bbc.in/2jySKgd 

    5:21 PM - 18 Jan 2017
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    22 replies 238 retweets 66 likes
      1. dr.bentor‏ @opotooaddie 19 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        all he needs is freedom from prosecution. Give him that and he'll step down

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      1. Noah Mataruse‏ @mataruse 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        the people spoke, sadly dictators like #Jammeh have no ears, only mouths.

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      1. Free King Dalindyebo‏ @Spiwo 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Ecowas, the ball is in your court."@BBCAfrica: Gambia's President Jammeh refuses to leave office as deadline passes http://bbc.in/2jySKgd "

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      1. Buludi Musera‏ @CMBuludi 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        he should be evicted like, Bagbo

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      1. Everyday Devotional‏ @TodayFaith 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        President of the #gambia #Jammeh readies his presidential plane to leave for #Mauritania this morning.pic.twitter.com/WTbdHTVrTH

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      1. LIGHTsPLEASE 🇸🇳 🇳🇬 🇩🇪 🇵🇪 🇮🇷 🇮🇸‏ @Im_Najm 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Stop relating tonterias and wanting to portray images of war & violence in Africa,he accepted to leave and his army not to fight

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      1. Nwa  ❤Biafra 🌅 🌴 🌴 🌳 🌳 🔺 🔻 💡 👁‏ @Biafrafreedom9 19 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Nwa  ❤Biafra 🌅 🌴 🌴 🌳 🌳 🔺 🔻 💡 👁 Retweeted Nkiruka Nistoran

        https://twitter.com/NkirukaNistoran/status/817866966119645185 …

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        Nkiruka Nistoran @NkirukaNistoran
        IPOB to UK: Why do you want Nnamdi Kanu dead? @theresa_may https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/241786/ipob-nnamdi-kanu-dead …
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      1. Raymond A .Tholley‏ @Raymond38180291 19 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Jammeh is planning to fled the country for the u.s

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      1. Raymond A .Tholley‏ @Raymond38180291 19 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        Trump will have to come and kick him out of office on monday letes

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      1. Samuel ayamga‏ @Samuelayamga730 19 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @jessicacitifm Ecowas should do well to resolve this problem.GOD save GAMBIA.

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      1. david agbeko attikpo‏ @david_agbeko 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @jessicacitifm these are breed of Africans twarting the forward movement of Africa

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      1. MUHUMUZA HAGGAI‏ @HagokaM 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        I wonder why to some leaders people's lives and rights don't matter

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      1. Osman Braimah‏ @osmanbraimah36 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @jessicacitifm excuse my language but people like this urgly ape gat to be shown some real sh**t, oh Mama Africa, smh

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      1. Hanksquad‏ @HankHowardStern 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @akwasisarpong

        A country has a King. A company has a President !

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      1. SayAfrica‏ @sayafrica 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Hang him in the market square @akwasisarpong @BBCNews

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      1. Farah‏ @farahodhiambo 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @aginaaby He got guts really! Steel balls that can never be hammered.

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      1. wanjalan post‏ @wannsystems1 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        DR Congo method can't work in Gambia? or ECOWAS want to show its still strong even after failing to handle Boko haram.

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