A twitterer in neighboring Senegal retweeted an article from someone in Washington, D.C., then added context from the region in parentheses.
@malaidea: RT @bloodandmilk Guinea Bissau assassinations, who did it? http://tinyurl.com/d4ates (also: bomb is not "traditional" in West Africa)Another in Senegal tweeted pictures from the house of former President Vieira.
@rignese (Dakar, Senegal): Pressafrik , senegal (Photos atroces) Guinée Bissau: dans la maison dévastée de Nino Vieira:.. http://tinyurl.com/8cx4rf (Pressafrik, senegal (Photos atrocious) Guinea Bissau: In the devastated house of Nino Vieira: .. http://tinyurl.com/8cx4rf)A Ghanan twitterer had difficulty even tweeting about the developments.
@ust2izy (Kumasi, Ghana): @obaasima Fustrating,huh. I didn't tweet about Guinea Bissau cos I felt, not again, more fuel for the 'War Africa' image. Sick of 'em...Some in Western Europe also reflected on the news.
@mfrancopt (Lisbon, Portugal): Como é possivel que ninguem tente saber quem assassinou o Presidente da Guine Bissau (How can anyone know who assassinated the President of Guinea Bissau)
@batistasemp (Algarve, Portugal): O Nino Vieira morreu no domingo, e só o vão enterrar amanhã. Imagino o cheiro, a esta hora já está cozido, os vermes agradecem o petisco. (Vieira died on Sunday, and just go bury tomorrow. Imagine the smell, at this time is already cooked, the worms welcome the snack.)
@MStreibhardt (Münster, Germany): Afinal o que terá acontecido na realidade a Nino Vieira? terá sidomorto ou sequestrado? (So what actually has happened to Nino Vieira? have been killed or kidnapped?)
