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I will not change my Facebook profile picture but I stand with France

Eston Nyakiya, a Peace and Hope Ambassador who is also my close friend has this to say about the France ISIS attack.

 “I stand with France but I refuse to change my profile picture to prove that. Why wouldn't the owners of this 'internet' (as Trump recently reminded us), give the same option during terrorist attacks in Kenya (hotbed of terrorism) and a number of other African countries?  As a matter of fact, Lebanon also faced the same misfortune. Why were we not standing with them in the same way? You know what? America and her allies will surely continue to colonise our minds, probably longer than the 100 years recommended by Donald Trump. I am a free man and this got me thinking. “

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