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

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Sunday,

you are exactly right in both of your statements.

Never mind that eye witnesses praised the Security Services who
seemed to be very much on top of things as soon as they were
alerted, it is always a good idea to follow the advice of the local
hosts and not the one peddled by Fox News (or rather Fix News).

el

On 2015-03-19 12:48, Sunday Folayan wrote:
> 
> Dear Tijani and All,
> 
> A cafe frequented by Tourists was also bombed in Djibouti a few
> days to the last AIS. Locals claim that was the first time in
> Djibouti.  We stayed within the bounds defined by our localhosts
> and cancelled some outside dining.
> 
> The most important thing to note is that there is no safe place in
> the world.  Terrorists succeed when we let out fears rule us.  I
> shall be in Tunis, insha-Allah!
> 
> Sunday.
> 
> On 19/03/2015 11:18, Tijani BEN JEMAA wrote:
>> Yes Brian, it was terrible.
> 
> 
> 
>> 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.
> 
> 
> 
>> But they don’t go to the conference venues because those places
>> are very secured.
> 
>> 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.
> 
> 
> 
>> 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.
> 
> 
> 
>> Welcome to Tunis
> 
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