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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Mar 16

    Today’s African #proverb: Your neighbour knows you are alive but only you know how you are living. An Oromo proverb sent by Nimona Benti, Finfinne, Ethiopia. How do you interpret this proverb? http://bbc.in/2FkRKEi 

    12:00 AM - 16 Mar 2018
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    • Najiib Z. Georgina E Melba ARAHA Nelson Kaduchi G. Nekerwon Gweh Fitsum Sarbessa Majid Labib LB~the~Sixth
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      2. Yared Asrat‏ @YaredALegesse Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        May I know where the city of Finfinne is located? or if there is a city on earth called Finfinne at all?

        5 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Daniel‏ @braavosii Mar 16
        Replying to @YaredALegesse

        you know where it is. Is it not correct to use the original name of Addis so that It would be equally acknowledged?

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      4. Besmam‏ @enatuhnn Mar 16
        Replying to @braavosii @YaredALegesse

        Original name according to who? People who lived there 10 years ago, or 50 or 700 or 1000?

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      5. Daniel‏ @braavosii Mar 16
        Replying to @enatuhnn

        your kinds of people can't be reasoned with

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      6. Besmam‏ @enatuhnn Mar 16
        Replying to @braavosii

        There’s no need to be emotional, it’s a simply matter of history and facts

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      1. BG‏ @topmaseis Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Looks can be deceptive

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      1. Teigist L. Dessalegn‏ @Teigist Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @addisstandard

        You cannot tell about an individual by how they look; only him/her know what they are going through.

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      1. Username MD‏ @tim_clocuh Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is so true

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      1. ZECHARIAS HAILU‏ @HAILUNegawo Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Appearances do not tell the whole story. Or appearances may not reflect essence.

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      1. Proud ኢትዬጵያዊ‏ @ethiopian_proud Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Never judge a book by its cover

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      1. Elisabeth‏ @LizzyVugutsa Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Saving face

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      1. ali nuri‏ @nurkiya13 Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        good proverb that can interpret the happenings in Ethiopia. the Oromos are displaced, arrested, raped, persecuted and flee home for safer country. despite all this their neighbouring countries remain silent on this for many years to date.

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      1. Merera S‏ @Ilma_AbbaaGadaa Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @addisstandard

        What people see from outside doesn't absolutely reflect your internal feeling.

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      1. EMG‏ @EGamtesa Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        "Being burnt inside;while others see its radiance!"

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      1. David Adu-Gyamfi‏ @D_Adu_gyamfi Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It's an advice not to wash dirty linen in public because until you tell people, they will never know.

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      1. Osasu uwadiae‏ @Izydosit Mar 16
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        All everyone else sees is result, you are the only one that truly knows your process

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