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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Mar 4

    Baby chimp rescued from poachers in Africahttp://bbc.in/2FcleZ1 

    6:19 AM - 4 Mar 2018
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    • VW Matt Chuks Asoegwu null && empty Kobbie Bonsu Ryan_J_Cummins Itx Mixta Goddy Victor Khumbula G!lbo🇺🇬 Cheik Farid
    18 replies 33 retweets 120 likes
      1. Tina Musoke‏ @tinamusoke Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        *DR Congo. Africa is not a country.

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      1. LuluBennet‏ @IAmLuluBennet Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I really think you know enough to state the country's name in the headline. Why just say Africa...it sounds ignorant, yet you're supposed to be informed in order to inform us.

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      1. Collins Praize‏ @CollinsTbaba Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Better b4 the chimp will find his way 2 Nigeria and start looting money lol

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      1. I am 🔥#Kahshoggi 💔iRIPieces‏ @Neuronburg Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        SOS @BBCAfrica save World's #1stHomelessDoc plz ffee me, from evil greed torture pain insanity @HomeInAfrika @POTUS was RIGHT HELP #DrainTheSwamp *425milllion💛beats LOST plus *123,000💜beats WASTED daily x62 of 365 days in 2018 By whom, what, why? https://twitter.com/MAGmaAllianz/status/970298833673576448 …pic.twitter.com/MBwOnqmvtw

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      1. Ela M Kimwele‏ @ElaMMK Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Let us concern ourselves with the chimpanzee, or indeed, any other animal in Africa. Just not the African human; naaaaaa.

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      1. Xixienna‏ @Xixienna1 Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I thought the same. Would any Western media house write a headline that screams “America” when the incident being reported is in New York City? Or Canada?

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      1. Hangus Alfred‏ @AlfredHangus Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Please join me in educating the media about Africa as a continent by re twittering # Africa my continent not country.

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      1. Kalaluka Kapungu‏ @wanchimbi Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Forgive the ignorant @BBCAfrica the baby chimp was rescued from #Africa to a new home , Lwiro primates in DRC

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      1. Steve Mang'eni‏ @stevemangeni Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Hopefully it was not kidnapped and taken to a zoo in the UK. Our ancestors heard that line way too many times.

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      1. DaDa‏ @1idiamindada Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        An alternate perspective: an African family lost their supper so that a caucasian male can play with it as a pet in a plane? 🤔

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      1. Muhire Yves‏ @yvesmu06 Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        What do you mean by "Africa"? Is Africa a Country for you or a Continent? Your statement is misleading. For your information, Africa is a Continent not a Country.

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      1. cde soko‏ @Tenfleques Mar 4
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        you couldn't just say a chimp rescued from poachers without dragging the whole continent to such a low. You make it seem like all africans will be thinking on how they can poach the next chimp and the good european hero on standby to rescue. 😟

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