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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 24 May 2017

    Happy (early) #AfricaDay! How will you be marking it? Tweet us your stories and photos and we'll read out a selection on Newsday!pic.twitter.com/TGxEnK27lk

    8:23 AM - 24 May 2017
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      2. King Kromah‏ @realkingkromah 24 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        As an African,we have to uphold our true values, diverse cultures as a people and keep the African dream alive.Let's uphold #PanAfricanism!

        1 reply 17 retweets 35 likes
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      1. Czerina Patel‏ @czerina 24 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        .@BBCAfrica @LindiMazibuko I'm marking #AfricaDay by going to @OxfamSA #OxfamSA launch at #ConstitutionalHill @Oxfam #Africa #Development

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      1. Genii Games‏ @Genii_Games 25 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We're celebrating with our African language-learning apps to promote narratives in our mother tongue #AfricaDaypic.twitter.com/CWi5509U9S

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      1. Afroccentrique‏ @Afroccentricity 24 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @Afroccentricity is celebrating local entrepreneurs @RiversandsYard @RiversandsHub Launch! #supportlocalbusiness #AfricaDay2017

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      2. Andriatsiferananarivo‏ @amaAfrica 24 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @LindiMazibuko

        Every living thing is getting more desperately worried about where Africa is / is not going. Even my Livestock is worried.pic.twitter.com/MdbCnGqfcD

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      2. John Clinton‏ @Bayougar 25 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        As a Liberian responding to the ongoing emergency in #Somalia; it is a rewarding way to celebrate this beautiful day #AfricaDay @BBCAfricapic.twitter.com/CExDGnpPLN

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
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      1. TJNA‏ @TaxJusticeAfric 25 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Currently holding a tweetchat w/@JasonBraganza1 on closing tax loopholes to curb illicit financial flows. #stopthebleedingpic.twitter.com/GKO8TCmJ1c

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      1. zainab ali‏ @zainabintali 25 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #AfricaDay not different from other days, still finds on my desk @Journallist, Plot 249 Kansanga-Ggaba Rd, Kampala - Uganda.pic.twitter.com/ixxkQcxGyG

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      1. Millennium Challenge‏Verified account @MCCgov 25 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Happy #AfricaDay! We're helping the continent’s best-governed poor countries seize economic opportunities https://www.mcc.gov/where-we-work/region/africa …pic.twitter.com/5OWDXV9tAW

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      1. Debbopoullo  🇨🇦‏ @debbopoullo1 25 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Happy #AfricaDay2017 from #Liberia Monrovia...pic.twitter.com/RqDL2LfIHh

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      1. daniel masi‏ @rukenya 24 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Let's find away of stopping African migration to Europe and instead reverse the situation.

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      1. Capt. Cappuccino‏ @xskimo 25 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Tweet what? Stop Africa leaders from hiddibg our monies in your country?And stop controlling us through our fake leaders...supremAcy indeed!

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      1. RUTAGENGWA Alexis‏ @rutalexis 25 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Means: Africa has only 1day and remaining days are for Europe-America... countries!!! Poor continent..Magorwa!

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      1. Car Parts Nigeria‏ @NGCarParts 25 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Following our success at silicon valley, we are celebrating our success in simplification of auto parts search in Africa. #AfricaDaypic.twitter.com/xmI5Tb1EfQ

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      1. African Postmark‏ @AfricanPostmark 25 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        By #ReclaimingTheNarrative and encouraging Africans to tell their own stories.

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