Sub-Saharan Africa

Report: Internet Watch Report: The 2007 Presidential Election in Nigeria
To view this report as a pdf, with full charts and visuals, click here. Executive Summary Despite widespread charges of fraud and disenfranchisement, Nigeria's recent elections were not marked by Internet tampering. While certain sensitive political sites were inaccessible around the time of...
ONI Blog: Internet Watch Report: The 2007 Presidential Elections in Nigeria
ONI is pleased to release our latest Internet Watch Report, "The 2007 Presidential Election in Nigeria" (here in HTML). The report documents the ONI's efforts monitoring the Internet in Nigeria during elections held in April 2007. ...
Regional Overview: Sub-Saharan Africa
Note: a previous version of this profile is available at Sub-Saharan Africa, 2006-2007. The OpenNet Initiative also presents individual reports for the following countries in the region: Ethiopia Nigeria Uganda Zimbabwe Overview Many sub-Saharan African governments view the Internet as a key...
ONI Blog: Nigerian Internet Remains Free of Tampering During Tumultuous Elections
Lagos, Nigeria: Nigeria’s local and national elections of April 2007 were marked by widespread charges of fraud and disenfranchisement. A team of election monitors from the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) traveled to Nigeria during the elections to test for evidence of Internet tampering....

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