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

[Jean Robert Hountomey]

Sunday and we were in Kenya 24-26 September 2013 for the African Internet Governance Forum two days after Westgate Mall
attack.

Jean Robert.




On 3/19/15 5:48 AM, Sunday Folayan wrote:
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> Dear Tijani and All,
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> Sunday.
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> On 19/03/2015 11:18, Tijani BEN JEMAA 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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> > Tijani BEN JEMAA
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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,
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> > 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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