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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Well done RENs teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">De :</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Boubakar Barry [mailto:Boubakar.Barry@wacren.net]
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<b>Envoyé :</b> mardi 3 août 2021 07:51<br>
<b>À :</b> Community Discuss <community-discuss@afrinic.net><br>
<b>Objet :</b> [Community-Discuss] Joint statement on the current AFRINIC situation from the African Regional RENs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On behalf of the three African regional RENs, please find attached our joint statement on the current situation at AFRINIC.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It says::<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ASREN, UbuntuNet Alliance and WACREN are the regional research and education networks interconnecting national research and education networks
(NRENs) across the continent (Northern Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, West and Central Africa).</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">African RENs provide connectivity and other services to millions of end users in the education and research community (students, faculty, researchers, administrators,
etc.), and INRs are critical for the delivery of these services. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The REN community is following with interest but also with concern the heated debate on the current lawsuit against AFRINIC that led to the freezing of its bank
accounts, thus jeopardizing its operations.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Many years ago, members of the REN community expressed concerns about a risk for AFRINIC, when a resource member publicly said that AFRINIC will face bankruptcy
if it dares consider reclaiming resources that many members thought were assigned wrongly, or at least were not used as initially indicated. It was, at that time, recommended to address this issue seriously.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">And here we are.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Anyway: the current situation is very serious and our community and the friends of the African Internet community should stand together and fight against those
who want to destroy and bury AFRINIC.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Yes, there are things to improve at AFRINIC. But in this critical situation, we urge all to stand by and support the Board and Management of our organization.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We say no to any attempt to move the management of Internet number resources attributed to Africa to any other organization.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Therefore, we, as representatives of the African REN community, express our full support to AFRINIC Board and Management and invite all Africans and friends of Africa
to do the same.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Signed:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-msonormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For ASREN (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.asrenorg.net"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">www.asrenorg.net</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">):
Dr. Yousef Torman, Co-MD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For Ubuntunet Alliance (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ubuntunet.net"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">www.ubuntunet.net</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">):
Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka, CEO</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For WACREN (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.wacren.net"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">www.wacren.net</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">):
Dr. Boubakar Barry, CEO</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Boubakar Barry<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">CEO/Directeur Général, WACREN<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Web: <a href="http://www.wacren.net" target="_blank">http://www.wacren.net</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">***Keep it simple, as simple as possible, but not simpler. (A. Einstein)***<o:p></o:p></p>
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