Sub-Saharan Africa
ONI Blog: More than half a billion Internet users are being filtered worldwide
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has been monitoring Internet filtering around the world since 2002. Currently, more than 40 countries are filtering the Internet to varying degrees, while a number of others, including Australia, Iraq, and Spain, are considering enacting filtering policies....
- Posted on 19/Jan/2010; tagged in North Korea, Iraq, Germany, Russia, Australia, United Kingdom, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Human rights, Political filtering, Social filtering, Conflict and security filtering, Overblocking, IP blocking, Proxy blocking
ONI Blog: The OpenNet Initiative Presents New Findings in Africa
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has released updated reports on Ethiopia and Zimbabwe and new reports on Uganda and Nigeria, where ONI tested for the first time in 2008 and 2009. All four profiles can be accessed at: http://opennet.net/research/regions/ssafrica.
Many governments across sub-Saharan...
- Posted on 01/Oct/2009; tagged in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Uganda, Sub-Saharan Africa, Publications, ONI, Political filtering, Conflict and security filtering, Filtering tech and software
Country Profile: Nigeria
Background
In April 2007 Nigeria underwent its first democratic transition between two civilian governments. The election took place among rumors of fraud and widespread voting irregularities, and opposition candidates Atiku Abubakar and Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria’s former vice president and former military ruler,...
- Posted on 01/Oct/2009; tagged in Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Profile: Uganda
Background
When Uganda gained independence from Britain in 1962, the world held great hopes for its rapid and democratic development. These hopes were dashed by the military coup d’état that brought Idi Amin to power in 1971. Amin’s presidency was marked by...
- Posted on 30/Sep/2009; tagged in Uganda, Sub-Saharan Africa
Report: Regional Overview of Sub-Saharan Africa, 2006-2007
Introduction
Internet penetration in sub-Saharan Africa lags behind that of much of the rest of the world for a variety of economic, political, and infrastructural reasons. Despite these hurdles, most countries in the region view their future success as inextricably linked to harnessing...
- Posted on 30/Sep/2009; tagged in Sub-Saharan Africa
Report: Internet Filtering in Zimbabwe 2006-2007
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Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profiles: Zimbabwe.
Overview
Despite the country’s highly repressive regime, ONI found no evidence of Web site filtration in Zimbabwe. Limited Internet access and e-mail–focused usage have centered the country’s efforts...
Report: Internet Filtering in Ethiopia in 2006-2007
Note: a newer version of this profile is available at Country Profiles: Ethiopia.
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Overview
Opponents of the current political regime have increasingly used online media to criticize the government, and Ethiopia has responded by implementing a filtering regime that blocks...
ONI Blog: Damaged cable causes Internet blackout in four West African countries
Five days ago, the Appfrica tech blog reported an Internet blackout in Benin, a West African country roughly the size of Ohio. The outage, which also affected neighboring Togo, Niger and Nigeria, was caused by damage to the ...
- Posted on 29/Jul/2009; tagged in Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa
ONI Blog: The Worst Places to be a Blogger
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has just released a list of the ten worst countries in which to blog. Topping the list is Burma, followed closely by Iran, Syria, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Tunisia, China, Turkmenistan, and Egypt.
In determining...
- Posted on 30/Apr/2009; tagged in Burma, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Syria, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Human rights
ONI Blog: Kenya's Civil Servants Forbidden to Access Gov Whistleblowing Site?
Typically, when a government wants to keep people from seeing a web site, they ban or block it from everybody. An article posted on Wikileaks describes another scenario: blocking from one government department to another. The...
- Posted on 30/May/2008; tagged in Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa
