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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Sep 2015

    Burkina Faso's interim president and prime minister detained by presidential guard, security sources saypic.twitter.com/FcyzZn3I8A

    11:03 AM - 16 Sep 2015
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      1. Sir Gadus Kwame‏ @SirGadus 16 Sep 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking these people are not patient

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      1. JKittehWow‏ @JKittehWow 16 Sep 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Isnt he a known terrorist?

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      2. Ezeh Cyprain‏ @cyprain_ezeh 16 Sep 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking your news is authentic and reliable, educative and straight to the point. Keep it up.

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      1. Destiny‏ @Simcofine 17 Sep 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking African mentality

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      1. mosima morare‏ @morare_mosima 16 Sep 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Ja neh. So even the guard has '# rights.

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      1. JRBonito‏ @JrBonenge 16 Sep 2015
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        @BBCBreaking the presidential guard is simply doing his job: to guard the president in a safe place.

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      1. Ken Ujah mpcpharm‏ @ujahk114 16 Sep 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking its quite unfortunate! But most unfortunate is the fact that people like @jamesya1988 still see things with such mindset.

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      1. Nikki Hall‏ @NikkiJ7791 16 Sep 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking that must have been the phone call I just received which was apparently from Burkina Faso!

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      1. Pain‏ @TheInnervator 16 Sep 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Would you like to do a story on a 4.0 second 16 stride 40 yard dash?@BBCBreaking

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      1. mag マグ  🥚‏ @magferret 16 Sep 2015
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        @spunkyrakune @BBCBreaking @TeryxOnTheRocks uhhh, that's scary :S

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      2. ALLEN GALLAGHER‏ @gallagherallen 16 Sep 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking coups aren't exactly unheard of in Burkina Faso so not exactly a shocker in the breaking news style.......

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Ian McPherson‏ @Ianmcpherson22 16 Sep 2015
        Replying to @gallagherallen

        @gallagherallen @BBCBreaking just giving companies thinking of investing in the gold and cotton fields a heads up.

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      2. Martim Ventosa‏ @Martim46 16 Sep 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking -> A second coup in a reasonably short amount of time?

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      1. Simone Williams‏ @sandoa82 16 Sep 2015
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        @BBCBreaking does this mean another coup d'état or what?

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      1. Jordan McBride‏ @Jordan__McBride 16 Sep 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Benitez?

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      1. Kwanele Khathi‏ @KsKhathi 16 Sep 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Burkina Faso will never, never and never again shall they have the president like Thomas Sankara.

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