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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 22 Feb 2017

    Nigeria's call for AU intervention 'dismissed by SA, saying South Africans are not xenophobic' http://bbc.in/2lo8VNK  #BBCAfricaLive

    5:11 AM - 22 Feb 2017
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      1. New conversation
      2. Different YÉ‏ @DankRoman 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        all I see to the xenophobic atcks in south Africa is "inferiority" dat's all. Black south Africa feel inferior to Nigerians

        2 replies 4 retweets 6 likes
      3. Alfred E. Nyako‏ @alfrednyako 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @DankRoman

        @DISTURBINGjos @BBCAfrica Black South Africans are lazy, unproductive & envious of hard working Nigerians.

        2 replies 4 retweets 1 like
      4. Melancoly‏ @Melancoly3 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @alfrednyako @DisturbingJOS @BBCAfrica

        Selling drugs in our country os not productive. Go sell drugs in Nigeria.

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. WE STAND FOR JOSTICE‏ @DisturbingJOS 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Melancoly3 @alfrednyako @BBCAfrica

        ; V.True! Illegal? Yes. But don't take the laws into your hands. Let justice prevail.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Melancoly‏ @Melancoly3 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @DisturbingJOS @alfrednyako @BBCAfrica

        Drug Lords bribe their way out, just like Pablo Escobar. We will root out the drugs.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. WE STAND FOR JOSTICE‏ @DisturbingJOS 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Melancoly3 @alfrednyako @BBCAfrica

        ; Root out drugs is pure justification but 'Root Out All Nigerian Lives" ?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Melancoly‏ @Melancoly3 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @DisturbingJOS @alfrednyako @BBCAfrica

        No one said root out all Nigerians. Its drugs we dont want.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9. End of conversation
      1. Sulaiman Shehu‏ @thisissulaiman 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Black South Africans Behave Like Animals Their Attack Against Other Africans Is Shameful

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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      1. Nnennaya Okposuogu‏ @neneOkposuogu 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        no, they just don't like other Africans especially when the Africans own businesses, have jobs & work hard

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      2. André | Dokpesi‏ @GottiLavida 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        South Africans are not Xenophobic, they just kill foreigners on a yearly basis. Cool story.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
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      2. Ngoako Ben Mathekga‏ @Ngoako_B 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Discourse in one area doesn't mean the whole of SA is like that and everyone in SA must abide by SA Laws.🇿🇦

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
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      4. Ngoako Ben Mathekga‏ @Ngoako_B 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @NsorSabasi @BBCAfrica

        Yeah but it is in the hands of all leaders to solve it instead of warming their chairs. stop wars and create jobs.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Temie™‏ @TemieEmmanuel 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Ngoako_B @NsorSabasi @BBCAfrica

        how come these hopeless few or major hopeless south Africans haven't attacked the source of drug business?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Temie™‏ @TemieEmmanuel 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @TemieEmmanuel @Ngoako_B and

        instead they target the innocent people trying to just pass by everyday not doing anything illegal

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Temie™‏ @TemieEmmanuel 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @TemieEmmanuel @Ngoako_B and

        like how many drug Lords have they attacked? This is madness and that's what it should be called.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Murtaza Micky Yusuf‏ @mickyj0j0 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @afridevinfo The African Union has goofed! South Africans are serial and unrepentant Xenophobic!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. The Single K In Sight_NASKIS‏ @BonoloPD 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @mickyj0j0 @BBCAfrica @AfriDevInfo

        Stop wailing. Boo hoo. I see tons of killings in Nigeria. Nigerian vs Nigerians.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. The Single K In Sight_NASKIS‏ @BonoloPD 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BonoloPD @mickyj0j0 and

        You're "South Africa phobic" yourself. You fail to cry about mass murders in Nigeria.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. The Single K In Sight_NASKIS‏ @BonoloPD 22 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BonoloPD @mickyj0j0 and

        You're simply upset that South Africans won't accept rubbish gladly.

        3 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      6. DEJAVU  🇳🇬‏ @Deji35 23 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BonoloPD @mickyj0j0 and

        wow! Is this an excuse for killing African brothers regardless?

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      7. The Single K In Sight_NASKIS‏ @BonoloPD 23 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Deji35 @mickyj0j0 and

        You tell me. You're the one killing Africans brothers in Kaduna.

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      8. The Single K In Sight_NASKIS‏ @BonoloPD 23 Feb 2017
        Replying to @BonoloPD @Deji35 and

        You're the one whose government murders civilians on the daily. You answer that @SarahMthembu2

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. End of conversation

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