[AfrICANN-discuss] Recent terror attacks and planned AIS, Afrinic, Afnog Meetings in Tunisia

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Thank you Tijani,

I think it would be important to have an official confirmation from
government to the organizers regarding security around these important
internet events which can thereafter be shared with the community.

Best regards,

Brian

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Tijani BEN JEMAA <tijani.benjemaa at planet.tn
> wrote:

>  Yes Brian, it was terrible.
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> I’m Tunisian, and I am so sad for what happened yesterday. It was the
> first time the terrorist attack in our cities. They targeted the tourists
> to make you and all other foreigners refrain from coming to Tunis.
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> But they don’t go to the conference venues because those places are very
> secured.
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> I remember last IGF Africa was planned to take place in Abuja, and after
> security problems, people had the same fear and didn’t want to go there.
> But the organizers and the Nigerian government assured us that they will be
> protecting us, and we went there. It was wonderful, and a very successful
> IGF.
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> So, don’t worry; Tunisia is very safe, or at least as safe as Paris or
> Copenhagen. In any country, you may have such an incident. When it is a
> single one, you can’t consider it unsecure, but if it is a recurrent
> problem, yes, you are right to have the fear you expressed.
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> Welcome to Tunis
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> *De :* africann-bounces at afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces at afrinic.net] *De
> la part de* Brian Munyao Longwe
> *Envoyé :* jeudi 19 mars 2015 09:40
> *À :* Africann at afrinic.Net
> *Cc :* kictanet at lists.co.ke
> *Objet :* [AfrICANN-discuss] Recent terror attacks and planned AIS,
> Afrinic, Afnog Meetings in Tunisia
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> Dear all,
>
> I was shocked to hear the news this morning about yesterday's terrorist
> attack in Tunis in which 17 foreigners were killed. The attackers
> specifically targetted the foreigners.
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> To what extent does this affect the upcoming planned meetings in Tunisia?
> These meetings usually bring together over 100 of Africa's leading Internet
> networking professionals over an extended period. This is a big risk, isn't
> it?
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> Best regards,
>
> Brian
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