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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 5 Dec 2017

    The African Union has agreed to evacuate some 15,000 African migrants in Libya before the end of year, the deputy chairman of the AU Commission, Kwesi Quartey, has said. The move follows reports that migrants are being sold in slave markets http://bbc.in/2BHvzqi pic.twitter.com/IKfCoeKG4U

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      1. Taffy‏ @taff_05 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        End of year ? This AU is shit no wonder why our continent is backwards. The evacuation should be done immediately.

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      1. Mwangi Njuguna‏ @mwas_njuguna 5 Dec 2017
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        End of the year? It should have been done yesterday

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      1. Sarah Wakenge‏ @SWakenge 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        One solution: persecute Libyan authorities/government who allow the trade and selling of African migrants!

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      2. Monde Sibisi‏ @MondeTSibisi 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Following reports? Is this African Union dumb deaf and blind? This is thee most useless organisation in the world, it surely died with Colonel Gaddafi.

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      2. Dr Ngwenya‏ @ngwenya_dr 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It’s not enough just to evacuate people. Libya needs to be punished in a serous way. This is not the first time we have had issues with racism from the North Africans

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      3. AMDop‏ @WaSsImDzcastle 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ngwenya_dr @BBCAfrica

        what are the other one/s

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      4. Dr Ngwenya‏ @ngwenya_dr 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @WaSsImDzcastle @BBCAfrica

        Egypt, Tunisia

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      1. Julius Bintu‏ @JuliusBintu 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Am I the only one wondering just how many African migrants are still trapped in this crisis-hit post-Gaddafi Libya? #LibyaSlaveTrade #LibyanBlackSlaveTrade #LibyanSlaveTrade #Migrant #Refugees #refugee #TripoliScope #africanunion #iom #humanity #HumanRightspic.twitter.com/R8HYxlT1FK

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      1. J. Rodney Chesson‏ @JRodneyChesson 5 Dec 2017
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        BULL SH8T! AFRICAN UNION NEEDS RODNEY CHESSON'S LEADERSHIP! AFRICAN LEADERS ARE W E A K!

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      1. macus101‏ @macusmukombe101 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Evacuate them to were? and is it going to stop other migrants from going there?

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      1. Joshua Asomani‏ @JoshuaAsomani 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Africa

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      1. AiDaN MLaY‏ @aidan2050 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Finally

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      1. Armel Ch ZINGA-MIOKO‏ @pencky 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Bonne initiative, malgré le réveille tardif de l'UA.

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      1. TomJuma‏ @TomJuma 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Which African Union? The one led by Mbeki or?😦😦😦😦😦

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      1. Francis Odiwuor‏ @odiwuor_francis 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        why cheat peoole in media and poor leadership in african countries has led to the menace

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      1. BABAHGALLEH K S BUND‏ @newskelly2 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        aaah Africa

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