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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 21 Sep 2017

    'Peace means so much more than the absence of war.' Today is International Day of Peace. What does peace mean to you? #PeaceDay2017pic.twitter.com/hiIsHoEmNB

    5:16 AM - 21 Sep 2017
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    19 replies 115 retweets 119 likes
      1. Shark 241  🙈 🙉 🙊‏ @RequinPatate 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #Gabon freed from tyrant Ali Bongo and his family. They have been looting the country & preventing true development for 50 years now!pic.twitter.com/UoCL8DplXj

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      1. Lyrical Mycheal  🦁‏ @LyricalMycheal 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #Peace to me means not removing the #AgeLimit in #Uganda #togikwatako #PeaceDay

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      1. semakula vincent‏ @semakulaV 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        no peace no dev't

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      1. Mwana Wa Mayi - Lox De Chiz (LDC)‏ @loxdechiz 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @King_Ifrica

        https://youtu.be/XZ-LPEj9t84 

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      1. Angela‏ @AngelaClareK 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Peace means people in right relationship ... With their Maker, With other people, With their world. Let there be peace!💕🙏💕

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      1. The Authority‏ @DennisChabala 21 Sep 2017
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        peace also means the absence of poverty!

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      1. Reward Frank‏ @RewardTesha 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        DO NOT HARM OTHERS

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      1. Kwabena K. Boakye‏ @KwabenaKBoakye1 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Being able to love others as ourselves, just as Jesus Christ demands of us.

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      1. Joshua Phylex‏ @JPhylex 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Peace!!? Where! When and for whom

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      1. Femi D. Ogunnigbo‏ @FemiOgunnigbo 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Development is the ability of resolving conflicts before leading to crisis

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      1. Nnennaya Okposuogu‏ @neneOkposuogu 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        peace means living in harmony with each other, respecting differences & celebrating our common humanity

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      1. solomon akugizibwe‏ @akugizibwe 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Peace is freedom from dictatorship!!!

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      1. Prophet Elizabeth‏ @Passieliz 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Peace is a product of justice, transparency and accountability as well as no corruption in any government.

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      1. Edward Mutabazi‏ @Ishekatazi511 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Peace means 'No-one should touch my constitution without my consent'. #AgeLimitDebate #age #AgeLimitUg

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      1. Kokwani N'waCash‏ @dudufatso 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Everything! Most of our problems in this life come as a result of lack of peace, e.g war, tension, quarrelling, heart attacks 😿

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      1. Vincent Ng'etich‏ @vinkiplee 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Whoever has gone through war knows the value of peace.

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      1. GilbertUrassa‏ @urassa_g 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        If people can live together en help each other even when they misunderstand each other en despite of differences that is peace #peaceday2017

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